Saptadvipa, Saptadvīpa, Sapta-dvipa, Saptadvīpā, Saptan-dvipa: 14 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSaptadvīpa (सप्तद्वीप):—1. am Anf. eines comp. die sieben Inseln der Erde so v. a. die ganze Erde: prasādhaka [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 127, 32.] pati [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 18, 46.] dvīpeśvara [23, 23.]
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Saptadvīpa (सप्तद्वीप):—2. adj. (f. ā) aus sieben Inseln bestehend: vasuṃdharā u.s.w. [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 77.] [Patañjali] in [MAHĀBH.] lith. Ausg. [16,b.] [Mahābhārata 8, 4735.] [Harivaṃśa 1616.] [Śākuntala 192.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 53, 11.] [Oxforder Handschriften 3], b, [No. 24. 48], b, 1. dharāpati [24,b,29.]
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: Sapta, Dvipa.
Starts with: Saptadvipadharapati, Saptadvipapati, Saptadvipas, Saptadvipavant, Saptadvipavat, Saptadvipavati, Saptadvipavatipati.
Ends with: Sasaptadvipa.
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The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 1 - Bhūvanakoṣa: Geography of Seven Continents (saptadvīpā) < [Chapter 8 - Geographical data in the Matsyapurāṇa]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.19.34 < [Chapter 19 - A Thousand Names of Srī Yamunā]
Verses 4.19.138-139 < [Chapter 19 - A Thousand Names of Srī Yamunā]
Verse 3.1.31 < [Chapter 1 - The Worship of Śrī Girirāja]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Saptadvīpa (6): Gomedakadvīpa < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The concept of Saptadvīpa (seven islands) < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Saptadvīpa (4): Krauñcadvīpa < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)
The Religion of the World < [April – June, 1993]