Hiranyapura, Hiraṇyapura, Hiranya-pura: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchHiraṇyapura (हिरण्यपुर):—n. Goldstadt, Nomen proprium
1) einer in der Luft schwebenden oder jenseits des Meeres gelegenen Stadt der Asura [Mahābhārata 3, 12209. 5, 1932. 3567.] vāsinaḥ [4, 1977.] [Harivaṃśa 209.] [KĀM. NĪTIS. 11, 11.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 24, 30.] —
2) einer Stadt in Kāśmīra [Kathāsaritsāgara 65, 215.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 7, 1398. 8, 737.]
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: Pura, Hiranya.
Starts with: Hiranyapuram.
Full-text: Hindoun, Herdoun, Hiranyapuram, Sonargaon, Kanakaksha, Iraniyapuram, Bhoga, Nivatakavaca, Rajya, Marica, Vaishvanara, Khapura, Ratnaprabha, Kalakeya, Hiranyaksha, Pura, Marici, Ghata.
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