Vicitravirya, Vicitravīrya, Vicitra-virya: 15 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVicitravīrya (विचित्रवीर्य):—m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Śaṃtanu (Śāṃtanu) und der Satyavatt, mit dessen Gattin Vyāsa Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu und Vidura zeugte, [Mahābhārata 1, 94. 2441. 3803. fgg. 4069. 4126. fgg. 5906.] [Harivaṃśa 970. 1825. 3009.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 459.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 22, 20. 23.] sū f. die Mutter Vicitravīrya’s d. i. Satyavati [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 11.] — Vgl. vaicitravīrya, vaicitravīryaka .
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: Virya, Vicitra.
Starts with: Vicitraviryasu.
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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 13 - Origin of the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas
Chapter 278 - The description of the lineage of Puru (puruvaṃśa)
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 22 - The Royal Dynasties of Pāñcāla, Magadha and Kuru < [Book 9 - Ninth Skandha]
Chapter 49 - Akrūra’s Mission to Hastinapura < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Chapter 60 - Conversation between Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī (A Sweet Quarrel) < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 20 - On Vyāsa doing his duties < [Book 1]
Chapter 24 - On the description of Vikṣepa Śakti < [Book 6]
Chapter 25 - On the cause of Moha of Vyāsa Deva asked before Nārada < [Book 6]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Bhishma Charitra (by Kartik Pandya)
Canto 12 - Description of Marriage of Vicitravīrya
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)