Vishvabhuj, Viśvabhuj: 7 definitions
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Vishvabhuj has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Viśvabhuj can be transliterated into English as Visvabhuj or Vishvabhuj, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViśvabhuj (विश्वभुज्):—
1) adj. Alles geniessend, verzehrend [MAITRYUP. 5, 1.] Mahāpuruṣa [Harivaṃśa 14119.fg.] Viṣṇu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 73.] Indra [Oxforder Handschriften 41,b, Nalopākhyāna 4.] —
2) m. a) Name eines best. Feuers [Mahābhārata 3, 14146.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Indra [Mahābhārata 1, 7304.] — c) Name einer Gruppe von Manen [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 96, 43.]
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: Vishva, Bhuj.
Starts with: Vishvabhuja.
Full-text: Upashanta, Svastika, Kshemakara, Krakasunda, Sarvamitra, Sikhin, Upasthayaka, Pitri, Kashyapa, Bhadrika, Ashoka, Ananda.
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