Samantara, Sama-antara, Samamtara: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSamantara (समन्तर):—m. pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes [Mahābhārata 6, 358] nach der Lesart der ed. Bomb. mahyuttara ed. Calc.
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Samāntara (समान्तर):—(2. sama + a) adj. von constanter Differenz so v. a. woran alles Andere gemessen wird, die Einheit bildend: samāntaraśca puruṣasturaṃgastrisamāntaraḥ . kuñjaraḥ syandanaścaiva pañcasamāntarau (so ist zu schreiben) smṛtau .. so v. a. ein Pferd auf drei Mann, ein Elephant und ein Wagen auf fünf Mann, [KĀM. NĪTIS. 19, 23. fg.]
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: Sam, Antara, Cama, Sama.
Starts with: Samantarabhujacaukona, Samantarahita, Samantaraja, Samantarasamvastha, Samantarashmi, Samantaratanarchishirigunaketuraja, Samantaratanarchishrigunaketuraja, Samantaratanarcishirigunaketuraja, Samantaratanarcishrigunaketuraja, Samantaratna, Samantaratnakiranamuktaprabha, Samantaratnakusumaprabha, Samantaratnarchishirigunaketuraja, Samantaratnarchishrigunaketuraja, Samantaratnarcishirigunaketuraja, Samantaratnarcishrigunaketuraja.
Full-text: Mahyuttara, Samamtara, Samantare, Samantar, Samantarahita, Samanta.
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Table: Janapadas or State < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 16 - The Description of Bharata < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)