Suvastra, Suvastrā: 5 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSuvastra (सुवस्त्र):—adj. (f. sā) schön gekleidet [Mahābhārata 13, 3427] (nach der Lesart der ed. Bomb., suvarṇa ed. Calc.). [Kathāsaritsāgara 52, 223.]
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: Vastra, Cu, Shu.
Full-text: Suvasti.
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The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 2.2 - Different names of Śiva < [Chapter 4 - Religious aspects of the Matsyapurāṇa]
The Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)
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Svalpa Matsya-purana (part 2) < [Purana, Volume 8, Part 1 (1966)]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XVII - The tenth Bhūmi < [Volume I]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)