Amavasu, Amāvasu: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAmāvasu (अमावसु):—(amā + vasu) m. Nomen proprium ein Nachkomme des Purūravas, [Harivaṃśa 958] (ein Vasu). [1372. 1413.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 398. 399.] āmāvasu [Harivaṃśa 1415.]
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Amāvasu (अमावसु):—[Mahābhārata 1, 3149.] [Harivaṃśa 1413. 1415] (amā die neuere Ausg.).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAmāvasu (अमावसु):—m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter VII - Lineage of Puruvasas and Jahnu < [Book IV]
Chapter XIX - Dynasty of Puru < [Book IV]
Contents < [Preface]
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 27 - An Account of Ila’s Family < [Book 1 - Harivamsa Parva]
Chapter 26 - An Account of Pururava < [Book 1 - Harivamsa Parva]
Chapter 18 - An Account of Pitris < [Book 1 - Harivamsa Parva]
List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 10 - Birth of Skanda < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]
Chapter 66 - Description of Amāvasu dynasty (vaṃśa) < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)