Ratnadvipa, Ratnadvīpa, Ratna-dvipa: 6 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchRatnadvīpa (रत्नद्वीप):—die Insel der Edelsteine oder Perlen, Bez. einer best. Insel [Harivaṃśa 5238.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 462.] [Tantrasāra im Śabdakalpadruma]; vgl. Île des joyaux [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 115.] — Vgl. maṇidvīpa .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungRatnadvīpa (रत्नद्वीप):—m. Nomen proprium einer Insel.
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: Ratna, Dvipa.
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