Vidravana, Vidrāvaṇa: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVidrāvaṇa (विद्रावण):—(vom caus. von 1. dru mit vi)
1) adj. in die Flucht jagend: madamattavāraṇacamū (keśarin) [Spr. 1772.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Dānava [Harivaṃśa 200] (mahāsurau die neuere Ausg.). —
3) n. a) das in-die-Flucht-Schlagen [Chandomañjarī 129.] — b) das Fliehen: kaṃsavidrāvaṇakarī [Mahābhārata 4, 180.]
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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