Varshaketu, Varṣaketu, Varsha-ketu: 6 definitions
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Varshaketu has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Varṣaketu can be transliterated into English as Varsaketu or Varshaketu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVarṣaketu (वर्षकेतु):—m.
1) eine roth blühende Punarnavā [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Ketumant [Harivaṃśa 1750. fg.]
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: Varsha, Ketu.
Full-text: Ketumat, Raktapunarnava, Ketumant, Vibhu, Sukumara.
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