Dvarakanatha, Dvaraka-natha, Dvārakānātha: 3 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexDvārakānātha (द्वारकानाथ).—Kṛṣṇa.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 36. 31.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDvārakānātha (द्वारकानाथ).—epithets of Kṛṣṇa.
Derivable forms: dvārakānāthaḥ (द्वारकानाथः).
Dvārakānātha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dvārakā and nātha (नाथ). See also (synonyms): dvārakeśa, dvārikeśa, dvārikānātha, dvārakāpati, dvārikāpati.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDvārakānātha (द्वारकानाथ):—[=dvārakā-nātha] [from dvārakā > dvāḥ] m. ‘lord of Dvārakā’, Name of Kṛṣṇa, [Religious Thought and Life in India]
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: Natha, Dvaraka.
Starts with: Dvarakanatha yajvan, Dvarakanathayajvan.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 3.7.33 < [Chapter 7 - The Holy Places of Śrī Girirāja]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Wujastyk, D. (ed.), Mathematics and Medicine in Sanskrit, Vol. 7. < [Volume 71 (2010)]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.3.72 < [Chapter 3 - Prapañcātīta (beyond the Material Plane)]
Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. God)
36. Krishna Kavi, the Author of Ishvaravilasa Kavya < [Volume 2 (1954)]
Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 36 - Agastya recites the Hymn Kṛṣṇāmṛta < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]