Shonitapura, Śoṇitapura, Shonita-pura: 10 definitions
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Shonitapura has 10 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śoṇitapura can be transliterated into English as Sonitapura or Shonitapura, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚoṇitapura (शोणितपुर):—n. Nomen proprium der Stadt des Asura Bāṇa [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 1, 17.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 977.] [Harivaṃśa 3135. 9793. 9824.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 593.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 62, 23.] umschrieben śoṇitākhyaṃ puram 4. puraṃ sāhvayam [Harivaṃśa 9825]; vgl. rudhire pure [9823.]
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Partial matches: Shonita, Pura.
Full-text: Banapura, Devikota, Umavana, Subrahmaṇya, Mahabalipura, Conitapuram, Aniruddha, Kotivarsha, Shonita, Citralekha, Kumbhanda, Bana, Gana, Rudhira, Agneya, Bhadra.
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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 50(b) - The Third Siege of Mathura: Jarāsandha’s defeat < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Chapter 62 - Aniruddha taken captive by Bāṇāsura < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Chapter 63 - Bāṇa Vanquished—Aniruddha brought to Dvārakā < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)
The Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 117 - Vana—the Great Asura < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 120 - Citralekha Unites Aniruddha with Usha < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]