Dushyanta, Duṣyanta: 11 definitions
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Dushyanta has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Duṣyanta can be transliterated into English as Dusyanta or Dushyanta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDuṣyanta (दुष्यन्त):—(spätere Form für duḥṣanta) m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten, eines Abkömmlings des Puru, des Gatten der Śakuntalā und Vaters des Bharata, [Mahābhārata 1, 2801. fgg. 3707. fgg. 3722. fg.] [Śākuntala 5.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 448.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 9, 20, 7. fgg. 23, 17.] — Vgl. dauṣyanta, dauṣyanti .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDuṣyanta (दुष्यन्त):—m. Nomen proprium des Vaters der Śakuntalā. duḥṣanta die ältere Form.
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