Vishravas, Viśravas: 9 definitions
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Vishravas has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Viśravas can be transliterated into English as Visravas or Vishravas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViśravas (विश्रवस्):—(2. vi + śra)
1) adj. berühmt [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3, 6, 2, 2.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 12, 8, 3, 26.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 19, 5, 3.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Ṛṣi, Sohnes des Pulastya und Vaters des Kubera, Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa und Vibhīṣaṇa, [Mahābhārata 3, 8358. 15885. 15889. 13, 7638.] [Harivaṃśa 13858.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 22, 17 (23, 18 Gorresio). 3, 53, 30. 6, 38, 9. 7, 2, 31. fgg.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 1, 36. 7, 1, 43. 9, 2, 32. 10, 15.]
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: Vishravasa, Vishravashrama.
Ends with: Havishravas, Tuvishravas.
Full-text (+37): Kubera, Ilavila, Vaishravana, Kaikasi, Kumbhakarna, Vaka, Ravana, Shurpanakha, Pushpotkata, Devavarnini, Prahasta, Vibhishana, Dushana, Mahodara, Pulastya, Trishira, Vidyujjihva, Visravana, Ilibila, Kumbhanakhi.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 2 - The Birth of Vishravas < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Chapter 3 - Vishravas becomes the Protector of Wealth < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Chapter 9 - The Birth of Dashagriva and his Brothers < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 47 - Rāma’s Sin of Brahma-hatyā < [Section 1 - Setu-māhātmya]
Chapter 168 - The Greatness of Āṅkūreśvara (āṅkūra-īśvara-tīrtha) < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 41 - The Greatness of Kuṇḍaleśvara (kuṇḍala-īśvara-tīrtha) < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 11 - Manifestation of Viṣṇu as Rāma (part 7)
The Gautami Mahatmya (by G. P. Bhatt)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section LXXXIX < [Tirtha-yatra Parva]
Section CCLXXIX < [Draupadi-harana Parva]
Section CLXV < [Anusasanika Parva]
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