Patalaketu, Pātālaketu: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPātālaketu (पातालकेतु):—(pā + ketu) m. Nomen proprium eines Daitya-Fürsten [Spr. 1240.] vajraketoḥ sutaścogro dānavo rividāraṇaḥ . pātālaketurvikhyātaḥ pātālāntarasaṃśrayaḥ [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 21, 29.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPātālaketu (पातालकेतु):—m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten der Daitya.
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: Patala, Ketu.
Full-text: Madalasa, Daityendra, Talaketu.
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