Vishvaga, Viśvaga, Vishva-ga: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Viśvaga can be transliterated into English as Visvaga or Vishvaga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViśvaga (विश्वग):—m.
1) ein Name Brahman's [Śabdakalpadruma] angeblich nach [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Pūrṇiman [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 1, 14.]
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: Vishvagaida, Vishvagancana, Vishvagandha, Vishvagandhi, Vishvagarbha, Vishvagarbhastava, Vishvagashva, Vishvagata, Vishvagavekshana, Vishvagayat.
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