Arvavasu, Arvāvasu, Arvan-vasu: 6 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchArvavasu (अर्ववसु):—(arva + vasu) m. Name eines der [7] Hauptstrahlen der Sonne [Viṣṇupurāṇa 236,] [Nalopākhyāna 3.] — Vgl. arvāgvasu und arvāvasu .
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Arvāvasu (अर्वावसु):—(arva + vasu) Name des Hotar der Götter nach [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 5, 1, 24.] ihres Brahman nach [Kauṣītakyupaniṣad] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 306.] — Vgl. arvāgvasu .
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Arvāvasu (अर्वावसु):—Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Raibhya [Mahābhārata.2,105.3,10704. 12,7592. 12758. 13,7108.] [Oxforder Handschriften 34,a,12.] — Vgl. parābasu .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungArvāvasu (अर्वावसु):—m. —
1) Nomen proprium — a) eines Hotar oder Brahman der Götter. — b) eines Sohnes des Raibhya. —
2) Bez. eines der 7 Strahlen der Sonne [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa 2,297.] arvāvasu v.l.
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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Partial matches: Arvan, Arva, Vasu.
Ends with: Sarvavasu.
Full-text: Arvagvasu, Paravasu, Arva, Brihaddyumna, Rahasyaveda, Yavakrita, Raibhya, Kakshivan, Bharadvaja.
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CXXXVIII < [Tirtha-yatra Parva]
Section CCVIII < [Mokshadharma Parva]
Section IV < [Sabhakriya Parva]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 33 - The Glory of Dhanuṣkoṭi: Parāvasu Liberated < [Section 1 - Setu-māhātmya]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa I, adhyāya 5, brāhmaṇa 1 < [First Kāṇḍa]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 2 - Purāṇic Sūrya, the Atmospheric Deity < [Chapter 4 - Vedic Influence on the Sun-Worship in the Purāṇas]
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