Puravrittakatha, Purāvṛttakathā: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Purāvṛttakathā can be transliterated into English as Puravrttakatha or Puravrittakatha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPurāvṛttakathā (पुरावृत्तकथा).—f.
(-thā) An old story. E. purāvṛtta and kathā tale; also purāvṛttākhyāna, and similar compounds.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPurāvṛttakathā (पुरावृत्तकथा):—[=purā-vṛtta-kathā] [from purā-vṛtta > purā > pur] f. an old story or legend, [Hitopadeśa] (also ttākhyāna n., [Horace H. Wilson] ; ttākhyāna-kathana n. telling old stories, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary])
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPurāvṛttakathā (पुरावृत्तकथा):—[purāvṛtta-kathā] (thā) 1. f. An old story.
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: Puravritta, Katha, Katta, Kata.
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