Dharmapitha, Dharmapīṭhā: 5 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDharmapīṭha (धर्मपीठ):—(dharma + pīṭha) Nomen proprium einer Localität in Vārāṇasī [SKANDA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] in [Oxforder Handschriften 71,b,26. 32.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDharmapīṭha (धर्मपीठ):——
1) n. Nomen proprium einer Oertlichkeit. —
2) f. ā Nomen proprium einer Schlangenjungfrau [Kāraṇḍavyūha 4,9.]
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: Dharma, Pitha, Tarma, Pita.
Full-text: Pitha.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 81 - The Legend of Dharmeśvara < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
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Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)