Svayamprabha, Svayamprabhā, Svayam-prabha: 12 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSvayaṃprabha (स्वयंप्रभ):—
1) adj. (f. ā) von selbst leuchtend [Mahābhārata 2, 434. 3, 15460. 6, 295. 13, 1443.] [Harivaṃśa 7190. 13928.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 7, 20. 7, 110, 5.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 16, 27.] [PAÑCAR. 4, 3, 21.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium des 14ten Arhant's der zukünftigen Utsarpiṇī [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 54.] —
3) f. ā Nomen proprium einer Apsaras [Mahābhārata 3, 1784.] einer Tochter Hemasāvarṇi’s [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 4, 71. 4, 51, 17. 19.] Maya's [Kathāsaritsāgara 29, 15. fgg.]
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: Svayam, Shvaya, Prabha.
Starts with: Svayamprabhapura.
Full-text (+21): Caturasya, Vijayabhadra, Hema, Merusavarni, Trailokyaprabha, Jyotishprabha, Svayamprabhapura, Indumati, Tribhuvanaprabha, Shrivijaya, Anjana, Ashtanayika, Vajrasena, Vimalakirti, Pratishruti, Smara, Pushpadhanvan, Ratipati, Ishvaradatta, Gunavati.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 6: Fourth incarnation as Amitatejas < [Chapter I - Five previous incarnations]
Part 20: Rivalry for Svayamprabhā < [Chapter I - Śreyāṃsanāthacaritra]
Part 3: The childhood of Aparājita and Anantavīrya < [Chapter II - Sixth incarnation as Aparājita]
Vivekachudamani (by Shankara)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter CXIX < [Book XVII - Padmāvatī]
Chapter CXVIII < [Book XVII - Padmāvatī]
Chapter XXIX < [Book VI - Madanamañcukā]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 25 - Vidyāraṇya (a.d. 1350) < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
Atithi or Guest Reception (study) (by Sarika. P.)
Part 1 - Treatment of Atithi (guest-reception) in Rāmāyaṇa < [Chapter 3 - Atithi-saparyā in Epics and Purāṇas]
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