Vayupurana, Vāyupurāṇa, Vayu-Purana: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVāyupurāṇa (वायुपुराण):—n. das vom Windgotte geoffenbarte Purāṇa, Name eines Purāṇa [Viṣṇupurāṇa Einl. XXII. fg.] [Oxforder Handschriften 47,a, No. 103. 65,b,16. 67,b, No. 117. 84, No. 142. 182,b,3 v. u. 270,b,41.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1231.]
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: Purana, Vayu, Puraana.
Ends with: Shvetavaraha vayupurana.
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