Kanyakumari, Kanyākumārī, Kanya-kumari, Kanyākumāri: 10 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKanyakumārī (कन्यकुमारी):—[Taittirīyāraṇyaka 10, 1, 7] = kanyākumārī die jungfräuliche Göttin, ein Beiname der Durgā, [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 75. 76. 78. 2, 191. 192.]
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Kanyākumārī (कन्याकुमारी):—[(ka + ku)] f. Nomen proprium einer Göttin [Oxforder Handschriften 149,a,5.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKanyakumārī (कन्यकुमारी):—f. Beiname der Dūrgā [Taittirīyāraṇyaka]
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Kanyākumārī (कन्याकुमारी):—f. wohl eine Form der Durgā. Vgl. kanyaku.
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: Kanya, Kumari.
Full-text: Kanyari, Kumaripura, Anjalikashrama, Himdudesha, Kanniyakumari, Totiyol, Kanninatu, Daradandi, Bharata.
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