Virabahu, Vīrabāhu, Vira-bahu: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVīrabāhu (वीरबाहु):—
1) adj. Heldenarme habend, unter den [1000] Namen Viṣṇu’s nach [Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines der [100] Söhne des Dhṛtarāṣṭra [Mahābhārata 1, 2738. 4551. 6, 2838. 2844. 7, 6938.] verschiedener Fürsten und Männer aus der Kriegerkaste [3, 2708] (Gatte der Sunandā). [Kathāsaritsāgara 13,24. 52,316. 58,5. 61,223. 84,3. 112,147.] [Oxforder Handschriften 152,b,27.] Nomen proprium eines Affen [Rāmāyaṇa 4,33,13.6,82,20.]
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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