Vajrakuta, Vajrakūṭa, Vajra-kuta: 5 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVajrakūṭa (वज्रकूट):—
1) m. a) ein aus Diamanten bestehender Berg [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 13, 29.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Berges [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 20, 4.] —
2) n. Nomen proprium einer mythischen Stadt auf dem Himālaya [Kathāsaritsāgara 44, 5. 65, 242.]
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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