Subhanu, Subhānu: 6 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSubhānu (सुभानु):—
1) adj. schön leuchtend: die Sonne [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 135.] śastrairyantraiḥ kavacaiḥ ketubhiśca subhānubhirmukhavarṇaiśca yūnām [Mahābhārata 12,] [?3764; vgl. 6, 137.] —
2) m. a) Bez. des 17ten Jahres im 60jährigen Jupitercyclus [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S.8,35.] [Oxforder Handschriften 331,b,4 v. u.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Kṛṣṇa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 61, 10.]
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: Bhanu, Cu, Shu.
Full-text: Cupanu, Samvatsara, Pratibhanu, Svabhanu, Varida, Citrabhanu, Vyaya, Bhuri, Bhurivarida, Tarana, Parthiva.
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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 61 - Aniruddha s Marriage: Rukmī Slain < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Chapter 89 - Restoration to Life of Brāhmaṇa’s Sons < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 13 - The Deeds of the Avatāra (Incarnation) < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)