Shankhapura, Shankha-pura, Śaṅkhapura: 5 definitions
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Shankhapura has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śaṅkhapura can be transliterated into English as Sankhapura or Shankhapura, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaṅkhapura (शङ्खपुर):—n. Nomen proprium einer Stadt [Kathāsaritsāgara 104, 84.]
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: Pura, Shankha.
Full-text: Dhaneshvara, Kesara, Vana, Shankhahrada, Shankhapala, Shridatta, Vijayasena, Dvaravati, Madira, Sudarshana.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 1: Incarnation as Puruṣasiṃha (introduction) < [Chapter III - Sumatināthacaritra]
Part 11: Origin of Dhūmaketu’s enmity < [Chapter VI - Marriage of Kṛṣṇa with Rukmiṇī and others]
Part 12: Incarnation as Tripṛṣṭha < [Chapter I - Previous births of Mahāvīra]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 2d-f - Source of the Mālatīmādhava < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter CIV < [Book XIII - Madirāvatī]