Plakshadvipa, Plaksha-dvipa, Plakṣadvīpa: 8 definitions
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Plakshadvipa has 7 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Plakṣadvīpa can be transliterated into English as Plaksadvipa or Plakshadvipa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPlakṣadvīpa (प्लक्षद्वीप):—m. n. Nomen proprium eines Dvīpa [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa ,1,12.4,1.2.4.]
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: Plaksha, Dvipa.
Full-text (+65): Urdhvayana, Shakabhava, Kramu, Viryadhara, Satyanga, Vivimsha, Kshemaka, Yavasa, Yavayasa, Patanga, Saumanasya, Tridiva, Saptadvipa, Mudita, Ritambhara, Gomedavarsha, Nrimna, Sukhin, Suprabhata, Sutapta.
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Search found 17 books and stories containing Plakshadvipa, Plaksha-dvipa, Plakṣadvīpa, Plaksadvipa, Plakṣa-dvīpa, Plaksa-dvipa; (plurals include: Plakshadvipas, dvipas, Plakṣadvīpas, Plaksadvipas, dvīpas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 12 - On the narration of Plakṣa, Śālmala and Kuśa Dvīpas < [Book 8]
Chapter 4 - On the narration of the family of Priyavrata < [Book 8]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 46 - Dvīpas and their Lords < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 53 - Geography of the World < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
The Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter IV - Account of kings, divisions, mountains, rivers, and inhabitants of the other Dvipas < [Book II]
Chapter I - Descendants of Priyavrata, the eldest son of Svayambhuva Manu < [Book II]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.2.8-9 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 2.4.142-144 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
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