Virapura, Vīrapura, Vira-pura: 6 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVīrapura (वीरपुर):—n. Nomen proprium einer Stadt im Gebiete von Kānyakubja [Hitopadeśa 39, 18.] einer mythischen Stadt auf dem Himālaya [Kathāsaritsāgara 52, 169. 393.]
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Vīrāpura (वीरापुर):—n. Nomen proprium einer Stadt [HALL 123.]
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: Virapuram, Virapurantaran.
Ends with: Karavirapura.
Full-text: Karavirapura, Virapuram, Ayyaji bhatta, Samara, Anangavati, Anangaprabha, Karavira.
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