Girivraja, Giri-vraja: 12 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGirivraja (गिरिव्रज):—(giri + vraja) m. Nomen proprium der Hauptstadt von Magadha [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 135. fg.] [Mahābhārata 1, 409. 2, 800. 7, 120. 8, 696. 13, 333.] [Harivaṃśa 6598.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 34, 7. 2, 68, 21.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 10, 14.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGirivraja (गिरिव्रज):—m. Nomen proprium der Hauptstadt der Magadha.
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Full-text (+37): Caityaka, Rishigiri, Rajagriha, Varaha, Vrishabha, Giribbaja, Shakavarna, Goratha, Shakravapi, Somadhi, Caitya, Vaihara, Magadha, Vrishava, Somapi, Padmasaras, Barhadrathapura, Magadhapura, Isigili, Vebhara.
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Ancient States in the Matsya Purāṇa < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Dynasty of Bṛhadratha < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Dynasty of Śiśunāga < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section XXIV < [Jarasandha-badha Parva]
Section IV < [Dronabhisheka Parva]
Section XXI < [Jarasandha-badha Parva]
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 2.2a - The Magadha Dynasty < [Chapter 3 - Historical aspects in the Matsyapurāṇa]
Part 2.1o - The Kaurava Dynasty < [Chapter 3 - Historical aspects in the Matsyapurāṇa]
Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)