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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Dhairyavat (धैर्यवत्) refers to “courageous”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.22 (“Description of Jalandhara’s Battle”).—Accordingly, after Śiva spoke to his Gaṇas: “[...] Śiva felled [the Daityas] to the ground with fierce volleys of arrows. [...] Some of the Asuras were killed by the bull. Some were struck by the arrows. Like elephants harassed by lions, the Asuras were unable to stay there. Then the great Asura Jalandhara became infuriated and rebuked the Daityas in the battle. The courageous (dhairyavat) Daitya mocked at Śumbha and others and spoke thus. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

Dhairyavān (धैर्यवान्).—a (S) dhairyaśālī a (S) Firm, enduring, stanch, steady, determined.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

Dhairyavān (धैर्यवान्).—a dhairyaśālī a Firm, enduring, de- termined.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhairyavat (धैर्यवत्):—[=dhairya-vat] [from dhairya] ([Rāmāyaṇa; Rājataraṅgiṇī]) mfn. possessed of firmness or patience, firm, steady.

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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: Vat, Dhairya, Van, Vaat, Vaan.

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