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Mahashivaratri (Hindu holidays, religious holidays, ... Events (hierarchy name))

 

Note: An annual Hindu festival dedicated to the worship of the god Shiva, celebrated on the night before the new moon in February or March. The thirteenth night of the dark half of every lunar month is sacred to Shiva but this night in the month of Magha or Phalguna is when devotions to the deity reach a climax. The festival commemorates the night Shiva is said to have performed the Tandava, the celestial dance of primordial creation, preservation, and destruction. The festival includes fasting, worship every three hours, and the annointing of the linga, a phallic emblem that is the principal symbolic representation of Shiva. The day after the all-night vigil is celebrated with feasting and festival fairs.
 
Terms:
Mahashivaratri (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
Mahashivaratri (Spanish-P,D,U,U)
Mahashivaratri (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
Mahashivratri (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Mahāśivarātri (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Maha-sivaratri (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Great Night of Siva (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Great Night of Shiva (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Śivarātri (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Sivaratri (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Shiva Ratri (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Shiva-Ratri (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Shivaratri (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Maha Shivratri (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
濕婆節 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
shī pó jié (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
shi po jie (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
shih p'o chieh (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  K.KM

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Activities Facet
Activities Facet
Hierarchy of Events (hierarchy name)
.... Events (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of events (activities)
........ events (activities) (G)
Hierarchy of cultural events
............ cultural events (G)
Hierarchy of holidays
................ holidays (G)
Hierarchy of religious holidays
.................... religious holidays (G)
Hierarchy of Hindu holidays
........................ Hindu holidays (G)
Hierarchy of Mahashivaratri
............................ Mahashivaratri (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 獻給濕婆神崇拜的印度教節日,於2月或3月的新月前夕慶祝。印度曆中每月的黑分第13夜都會敬拜濕婆神,但對濕婆神崇拜的至高點是在磨噶月或頗勒窶拿月的同一個夜晚。此慶典是為了紀念濕婆神表演坦達瓦舞的夜晚,坦達瓦舞是表達原初創造天地、保存與毀滅的聖舞。這個節日包含禁食、每三小時一次的祈禱,及為林迦塑像(陽具象徵,為主要的濕婆神象徵性再現)行塗油膏儀式。守夜的隔天則舉辦盛宴和節慶盛會。 
Dutch ..... Een jaarlijks hindoeïstisch feest ter verering van de god Shiva, dat wordt gevierd in de nacht voor nieuwemaan in februari of maart. Iedere maand weer is de dertiende nacht na nieuwemaan gewijd aan Shiva, maar in deze nacht van de maand Magha of Phalguna komen de devoties aan de godheid tot een climax. Tijdens dit feest wordt de nacht herdacht dat Shiva volgens de overlevering de Tandava heeft uitgevoerd, de hemelse dans van oerschepping, behoud en verwoesting. Tot de festiviteiten behoren het vasten, het om de drie uur aanbidden van Shiva en het zalven van de lingam, een fallussymbool dat het voornaamste zinnebeeld van Shiva vormt. De dag na de doorwaakte nacht wordt gevierd met uitbundige maaltijden en feestelijke markten. 
Spanish ..... Festival anual Hindú dedicado a la adoración del dios Shiva, celebrado en la noche antes de la luna nueva en Febrero o Marzo. La décimotercera noche de la mitad oscura de cada mes lunar, es sagrada para Shiva, pero esta noche del mes de Magha (grande) o de Phalguna es cuando las devociones a la deidad alcanzan su clímax. El festival conmemora la noche Shiva, se dice haber realizado el Tandava, la danza celestial de la creación, de la preservación, y de la destrucción. El festival incluye el ayuno, adorar cada tres horas, y la nueva unción del linga, un emblema fálico que es la representación simbólica principal de Shiva. Al día siguiente, después de haber estado en vigilia durante toda la noche, El día siguiente, después de la noche de vigilia, se celebran banquetes y festivales. 

Sources and Contributors:
濕婆節............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........  大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 March 21, 2012
Great Night of Shiva............  [VP]
...................................  Goring, ed., Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions (1994) 315
Great Night of Siva............  [VP]
...................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) accessed 1/02
Mahashivaratri............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
.............................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.............................  Filoramos, Diccionario Akal de las Religiones (2001) 217
.............................  Kapoor, Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Hinduism (2000) 451
.............................  Van Dale Groot Woordenboek (1998)
Mahashivratri............  [VP]
..........................  Goring, ed., Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions (1994) 315
Maha Shivratri............  [VP]
.............................  About.com [online] (2002) accessed 1/02
Mahāśivarātri............  [VP]
..........................  Goring, ed., Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions (1994) 315
Maha-sivaratri............  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) accessed 1/02
shih p'o chieh............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.............................  TELDAP database (2009-)
shi po jie............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......................  TELDAP database (2009-)
shī pó jié............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......................  TELDAP database (2009-)
Shiva Ratri............  [VP]
.......................  Balagokulam [online] (2001-2002) accessed 1/02
Shiva-Ratri............  [VP]
.......................  Balagokulam [online] (2001-2002) accessed 1/02
Shivaratri............  [VP]
.......................  Balagokulam [online] (2001-2002) accessed 1/02
Śivarātri............  [VP]
....................  Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997) 343
Sivaratri............  [VP]
....................  Kapoor, Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Hinduism (2000) 466
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  http://www.beleven.org
............  http://www.hinduwijzer.nl
............  Van Dale Groot Woordenboek (1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997) 343
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) accessed 1/02
.......... Goring, ed., Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions (1994) 315
.......... Kapoor, Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Hinduism (2000) 451
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... TELDAP database (2009-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Van Dale Groot Woordenboek (1998)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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