Dantapura, Danta-pura: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDantapura (दन्तपुर):—(danta + pura) n. die Stadt des Zahnes Śākyamuni’s, Name der Hauptstadt von Kaliṅga, [ Kunde des Morgenlandes III, 157.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde II, 976.] [WASSILJEW 207.] [KÖPPEN I, 517.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDantapura (दन्तपुर):—n. Nomen proprium der Hauptstadt der Kaliṅga.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Dantapuranagara.
Ends with: Odantapura.
Full-text: Kalinga, Udgata, Mahakalinga, Sattabhu, Dantakura, Dantapuranagara, Dathavansa, Dantakumara, Culla Kalinga, Nalikera, Anjanavasabha, Dantadhatuvamsa, Karandu, Nalikira, Dathavamsa, Renu, Kalingabodhi Jataka, Cullakalinga Jataka, Mahagovinda Sutta, Assaka.
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Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology (by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri)
Lower Kṛṣṇā Valley (32): Dantapuram < [Chapter 2 - Amarāvatī and other Archaeological Sites of Ancient Andhra Pradesh]
Archaeological sites of Early Andhra Pradesh (Andhradeśa) < [Chapter 2 - Amarāvatī and other Archaeological Sites of Ancient Andhra Pradesh]
Stupas in Orissa (Study) (by Meenakshi Chauley)
From the Middle of the fourth Century < [Chapter 2]
After Buddha’s Mahaparinirvana < [Chapter 2]
During the time of Asoka (third century BCE) < [Chapter 2]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 6 - Division of the great earth of Jambudvīpa into seven parts < [Chapter VIII - The Bodhisattvas]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 479: Kāliṅga-Bodhi-jātaka < [Volume 4]
Jataka 276: Kurudhamma-jātaka < [Book III - Tika-Nipāta]
Jataka 408: Kumbhakāra-jātaka < [Volume 3]
Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
Temples of Orissa (2): Puri < [Chapter 12 - History of Hindu Temples (Prāsādas and Vimānas)]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 2 - The genealogy of Mahāsammata < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]