Girinagara, Giri-nagara: 10 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGirinagara (गिरिनगर):—(giri + na) n. Nomen proprium einer Stadt in Dakṣiṇāpatha [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14, 11.] gaṇa kṣubhnādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 4, 39.] [ Kunde des Morgenlandes IV, 152. 154.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 105, Nalopākhyāna 3.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGirinagara (गिरिनगर):—n. Nomen proprium einer Stadt in Dakṣiṇāpatha.
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)
Partial matches: Giri, Nagara.
Ends with: Mahagirinagara.
Full-text: Nagara, Girivhanagara, Girinayara, Girnar, Devapali, Raivataka, Sudarshana, Surattha.
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Impact of Vedic Culture on Society (by Kaushik Acharya)
Sanskrit Inscriptions (G): The Cālukyas < [Chapter 3]
Mingling of Cultures (N): The Cālukyas < [Chapter 4]
Sanskrit Inscriptions (B): The Maitrakas < [Chapter 3]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 8.6 - Region of Paścāddeśa (western part) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Appendix 2 - Identification of Geographical names mentioned in the Kāvyamīmāṃsā
Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)
Vastu-shastra (2): Town Planning (by D. N. Shukla)
Towns or Cities in ancient Indian town-planning < [Chapter 2 - Villages, Towns and Forts in General]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 7: War between Kūṇika and Ceṭaka < [Chapter XII - Omniscience and wandering of Mahāvīra]