Maricigarbha, Marīcigarbha, Marici-garbha: 5 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMarīcigarbha (मरीचिगर्भ):—[(ma + garbha)] adj. Lichtatome im Innern bergend; m. pl.
1) Name einer Welt [Harivaṃśa 988.] —
2) eine Klasse von Göttern unter Manu Dakṣasāvarṇi [Viṣṇupurāṇa 268.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMarīcigarbha (मरीचिगर्भ):—m. Pl. Nomen proprium —
1) einer Welt. —
2) einer Klasse von Göttern unter Manu Dakahasāvarṇi.
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: Garbha, Marici.
Full-text: Merusavarni, Martandamandala, Havishmanta, Dakshasavarni, Sadhya.
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