Simhaladvipa, Siṃhaladvīpa, Simhala-dvipa: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSiṃhaladvīpa (सिंहलद्वीप):—m. die Insel Ceylon [Kathāsaritsāgara 72,319. 81,32.] [Hitopadeśa 63,10. 120,6.] [TĀRAN. 45. 83. fg. 151. 156. 263.] [Oxforder Handschriften 339,b,3.] [BURNOUF,] [Intr. 224.]
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: Dvipa, Simhala.
Full-text: Simhala, Simhavikrama, Shingaladvipa, Simhalasuta, Simhalasimha, Tamradvipa, Dhanavati, Priyamelakacopai, Vajriputra, Priyamelaka, Ratnakara, Sixteen arhats, Shankha.
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Bhagavad-gita-mahatmya (by Shankaracharya)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 451 < [Volume 12 (1912)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 2 - The location of Suvarṇabhūmi or Suvarṇadvīpa < [Chapter XVI - The Story of Śāriputra]
Bhagavad-gita Mahatmya (by N.A. Deshpande)
Shringara-manjari Katha (translation and notes) (by Kumari Kalpalata K. Munshi)
shringaramanjari-katha-antargata-visheshanama-anukramanika < [Sanskrit text]
Part 6 - A picture of medieval India according to Bhoja < [Introduction to the Shringaramanjari-katha of Shri Bhojadeva]
Section 7.3 - The third tale of Madhava < [English translation]
A Glimpse into Sinhalese Poetry < [May, 1928]