Malayavati, Malayavatī: 4 definitions
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Malayavati 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMalayavatī (मलयवती):—(f. von malayavant und dieses von malaya) f. Nomen proprium eines Frauenzimmers [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 51.] [NĀGĀNANDA 8, 1. 12, 2. 3.] — Vgl. malayāvatī .
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Malayāvatī (मलयावती):—(von malaya) f. Nomen proprium eines Frauenzimmers [Oxforder Handschriften 350,a,10.] — Vgl. malayavatī .
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Malayavatī (मलयवती):—[Kathāsaritsāgara 90, 5. 122, 40. 80.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMalayavatī (मलयवती):—f. Nomen proprium —
1) einer Surāṅganā [Indische studien von Weber 15,232.] —
2) verschiedener Frauen.
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Malayāvatī (मलयावती):—f. ein Frauenname.
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: Malaya, Vati.
Full-text: Cakshus, Malayapura, Malayasimha.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter CXXII < [Book XVIII - Viṣamaśīla]
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Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit literature (by Nikitha. M)
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Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)
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Harsha-charita (by Bāṇabhaṭṭa)