Maindahan, Mainda-han: 5 definitions
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Maindahan means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMaindahan (मैन्दहन्).—m. an epithet of Kṛṣṇa.
Maindahan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mainda and han (हन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaindahan (मैन्दहन्).—m.
(-hā) Krishna. E. mainda as above, and han destroyer.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaindahan (मैन्दहन्).—[mainda-han], m. Viṣṇu.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaindahan (मैन्दहन्):—[=mainda-han] [from mainda] m. ‘slayer of Mainda’, Name of Kṛṣṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaindahan (मैन्दहन्):—[mainda-han] (hā) 5. m. Vishnu.
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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