Magadheshvara, Magadheśvara, Magadha-ishvara: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Magadheśvara can be transliterated into English as Magadhesvara or Magadheshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMagadheśvara (मगधेश्वर):—[(magadha + ī)] m. Fürst der Magadha: Paraṃtapa [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 20.] Jarāsaṃdha, einer der 9 Gegner Kṛṣṇa’s, [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 699.] Nomen proprium eines Fürsten von Magadha [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 16, 1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMagadheśvara (मगधेश्वर):—m. —
1) ein Fürst der Magadha. —
2) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten der Magadha.
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Partial matches: Ishvara, Magadha.
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