Svarnaprastha, Svarṇaprastha: 3 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSvarṇaprastha (स्वर्णप्रस्थ):—m. Nomen proprium eines Upadvīpa in Jambudvīpa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 19, 30.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 175,] [Nalopākhyāna 3.]
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: Svarna, Prastha.
Full-text: Ashtopadvipa, Ashtopadvipani.
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