Vikranta, Vikrānta, Vikrāntā, Vikramta: 18 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVikrānta (विक्रान्त):—
1) adj. s. u. kram mit vi. vikrānta heisst derjenige Saṃdhi, welcher den Visarga unverändert lässt, [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 4, 11. 34.] —
2) m. a) Löwe [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Nomen proprium eines Prajāpati (vgl. vikṛta und vikrīta) [Viṣṇupurāṇa 50,] [Nalopākhyāna 2.] eines Sohnes des Kuvalayāśva und der Madālasā [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 25, 9. 76, 17. fgg.] —
3) n. a) das Geschrittene, Schritt [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 10, 19.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 1, 5, 10.] — b) muthiges Auftreten, Muth [Spr. 4861] (pl.).
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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Starts with: Vikrantabhima, Vikrantadevagati, Vikrantagamin, Vikrantagati, Vikrantamukha, Vikrantaplutam, Vikrantashudraka, Vikrantayamaka, Vikrantayodhin.
Ends with: Abhishuvikranta, Adityakavikranta, Avikranta, Bhimavikranta, Dorvikramta, Kshinavikranta, Simhavikranta, Suryavikranta, Suvikranta.
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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
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List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)