Vikurvana, Vikurvāṇa: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVikurvaṇa (विकुर्वण):—adj. unter den Beiww. Śiva’s [Mahābhārata 13, 1244.] karotīti kurvā vigataḥ kurvā yasmādvikurvaṇaḥ karmāprāyya ityarthaḥ samāsānta ārṣaḥ [Nīlakaṇṭha]; eher = vikurvāṇa (partic. von 1. kar mit vi) aus metrischen Rücksichten.
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: Vikurvanarajaparipriccha, Vikurvanarajapariprichchha, Vikurvanavairocana, Vikurvanavairochana.
Ends with: Malavikurvana.
Full-text: Vikurva, Vikurvita, Viuvvanaya, Vikurvvana, Prakritimant, Vikurvanarajaparipriccha, Acchata, Vikri.
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