Viravriksha, Vīravṛkṣa, Vira-vriksha: 7 definitions
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Viravriksha has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Vīravṛkṣa can be transliterated into English as Viravrksa or Viravriksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVīravṛkṣa (वीरवृक्ष):—m. Semecarpus Anacardium Lin. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 23.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 323.] [Medinīkoṣa ṣ. 54.] Terminalia Arjuna (der Baum des Helden d. i. Arjuna's; vgl. vīrataru) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = bilvāntara [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] = bṛhadvāta [Ratnamālā 320.]
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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Partial matches: Vriksha, Vira.
Starts with: Viravrikshaka, Viravriksham.
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