Vritraha, Vṛtrahā: 5 definitions
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Vritraha has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Vṛtrahā can be transliterated into English as Vrtraha or Vritraha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVṛtraha (वृत्रह):—(vṛtra + ha) adj. den Feinden verderblich: śavas [Ṛgveda 6, 48, 21.]
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: Vritrahamtama, Vritrahan, Vritrahant, Vritrahantar, Vritrahantri, Vritrahatha, Vritrahatya, Vritrahay, Vritrahaya.
Full-text: Vritrahan, Hatavrishni, Kvip.
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Search found 12 books and stories containing Vritraha, Vritra-ha, Vṛtra-ha, Vrtra-ha, Vṛtrahā, Vrtraha, Vṛtraha; (plurals include: Vritrahas, has, Vṛtrahās, Vrtrahas, Vṛtrahas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 84 - The Story of Vritra < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
3. Hymn to Obtain a Wife < [Chapter 2 - The Strīkarmāṇi Hymns of the Atharvaveda]
5d. Hymn for Fruitful Conception < [Chapter 2 - The Strīkarmāṇi Hymns of the Atharvaveda]
Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
3(c). Sarasvatī and marriage ceremony < [Chapter 2 - The Rivers in the Saṃhitā Literature]
3c. The sacred aspect of the river Sarasvatī < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
2(b). Different epithets of Sarasvatī < [Chapter 2 - The Rivers in the Saṃhitā Literature]
Warfare and Military System in Vedic Literature (by Rinki Deka)
Military Espionage < [Chapter 2 - Military System as Revealed in the Vedic Texts]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 4, brāhmaṇa 1 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]