Kapilavata, Kapilāvaṭa: 5 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKapilāvaṭa (कपिलावट):—(ka + avaṭa) m. Nomen proprium eines Tīrtha [Mahābhārata 3, 8009.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKapilāvaṭa (कपिलावट):—m. Nomen proprium eines Tīrtha.
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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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 28 - Dharmatīrtha, Śākambharī, Rathāvartta, etc. < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]
List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section LXXXIV < [Tirtha-yatra Parva]