Pundravardhana, Puṇḍravardhana, Pundra-vardhana: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPuṇḍravardhana (पुण्ड्रवर्धन):—(pu + va) n. Nomen proprium einer Stadt in Gauḍa [Pañcatantra ed. orn. 49, 11.] [Burnouf 399.] [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 102.] puṇḍa [Matsyapurāṇa] in [Oxforder Handschriften 39,b,9.] — Vgl. pauṇḍravardhana, pauṇḍravivardhana, puṇyavardhana .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPuṇḍravardhana (पुण्ड्रवर्धन):—n. desgl.
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: Pundra, Vardhana.
Starts with: Pundravardhanabhukti.
Full-text (+11): Pundra, Paundravardhana, Camunda, Pundavardhana, Maroundae, Karatoya, Mahasthangarh, Punyavardhana, Kamarupa, Pundravardhanabhukti, Purnavardhana, Kumbhaka, Kotivarshavishaya, Devakota, Makkhali, Devikota, Dakshinamshaka, Davaka, Dakshinamshakavithi, Nagirattamandala.
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