Dharanapriya, Dharaṇapriyā: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDharaṇapriyā (धरणप्रिया):—(dha + pri) f. Nomen proprium der dem 19ten Arhant zur Ausführung seiner Befehle beigegebenen Göttin [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 45.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDharaṇapriyā (धरणप्रिया):—f. Nomen proprium einer Jaina-Gottheit.
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: Priya, Dharana, Tarana.
Full-text: Suluma, Aparajita, Mallinatha, Vairoti.
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