Varanasi, Vārāṇasī, Varanashi, Vārāṇasi, Varaṇasī, Varāṇasī, Vāraṇasī, Vāraṇāsī: 34 definitions

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Varanasi means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Varaṇasī (वरणसी):—f. = vārāṇasī [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma]

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Vārāṇasī (वाराणसी):—f. Nomen proprium einer Stadt, das heutige Benares, [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 1, 16.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 974.] [Halāyudha 2, 132.] gaṇa nadyādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 97.] Schol. zu [2, 1, 16.] [Mahābhārata 1, 4084. 3, 8056. 5, 1883. 13, 694.] von Divodāsa erbaut [?1955. 5795. 14,141. Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 20,12. 331,13. Spr. 920. Kathāsaritsāgara.3,27. 19,54. 37,97. 69,48. 53. Rājataraṅgiṇī.3,297. Prabodhacandrodaja 19,8. PRĀYAŚCITTEND. 11,b,2. Oxforder Handschriften 10,a,9. 39,a,31. 46,a,32. 53,a,39. 64,a,7. 68,b, No. 120. fgg. 83,b, No. 141. 121,b, No. 214. Bhāgavatapurāṇa.7,14,31. PAÑCAR.4,2,17. Vetālapañcaviṃśati in Lassen’s Anthologie (III)4,21. ŚUK. ebend. 34,16. Hitopadeśa 49,22. KṢITĪŚ. 17,5.] māhātmya [Oxforder Handschriften.8,a,28. 42,a,6. 75,b,25. 85,a,8.] śrīparvatayormāhātmyam [45,a,3.] nātha [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1242.] Das Wort wird auf die Namen zweier Flüsschen nördlich und südlich von der Stadt, varaṇā und asi oder asī (auch nāśī), zurückgeführt; vgl. [JĀBĀLOP.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien.2,74.] [Oxforder Handschriften 46,a,32.] [ṢERRING, Sacred city 34.] [PADMAP.] [KĀŚĪKH.5,58.] [HALL] Introd. ebend. — Vgl. vāṇārasī .

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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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