Potana: 9 definitions
Introduction:
Potana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Hindi. 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.
Potana has 7 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Potna.
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Sanskrit dictionary
[Deutsch Wörterbuch]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPotana (पोतन):—, f. potanī gaṇa gaurādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 41.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPotana (पोतन):—n. Nomen proprium einer Stadt [Hemacandra's Pariśiṣṭaparvan 1,92.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Potanacakti, Potanacani, Potanai, Potanala, Potanam, Potanamurai, Potanapura, Potanayaka.
Ends with: Paripotana.
Full-text (+1): Potali, Potna, Paudara, Powder, Lipana, Potala, Pota, Lipna, Padaniya, Padana, Assaka, Priyamitra, Prajapati, Muka, Suketu, Renu, Mrigavati, Vasubhuti, Marici, Mahagovinda Sutta.
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Search found 8 books and stories containing Potana, Potanā; (plurals include: Potanas, Potanās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Potana, The Poet of God’s Story < [November 1948]
The Saviour < [January – March 1992]
Book Reviews < [January – March, 2008]
Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)
(iv) Potana < [56. Some Authors of Works in Regional Languages]
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 2.33 - Three kinds uterine birth (garbha-janma) < [Chapter 2 - Category of the Living]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 2: Story of Prasannacandra < [Chapter IX - Stories of the ploughman]
Part 2: Previous births of the three < [Chapter III - Ānandapuruṣapuṇḍarīkabalicaritra]
Part 7: Birth as Dhūsarī, wife of Dhanya < [Chapter III - Vasudeva’s Marriage with Kanakavatī and her Former Incarnations]
Nitiprakasika (Critical Analysis) (by S. Anusha)
Pināka (Trident) < [Chapter 3]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 6 - Division of the great earth of Jambudvīpa into seven parts < [Chapter VIII - The Bodhisattvas]