Vishnupurana, Viṣṇupurāṇa, Vishnu-purana: 17 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Viṣṇupurāṇa can be transliterated into English as Visnupurana or Vishnupurana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViṣṇupurāṇa (विष्णुपुराण):—n. Titel eines Purāṇa (übersetzt von H. H. [WILSON]) [Oxforder Handschriften 62,b, No. 109. 113,b,44. 125,a,41. 182,b,1 v. u. 185,b,16. 42. 268,a,9. 38. 270,b,46. 279,b,3.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 68,13. 173,20. 177,14.] ka n. [PAÑCAR. 2, 7, 32.]
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: Vishnu, Purana, Puraana.
Starts with: Vishnupuranaka, Vishnupuranasarasamgraha.
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The Ganesha Purana (abridged) (by Gregory Baily)
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Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
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The Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
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