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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Saptaskandha (सप्तस्कन्ध).—Of Vāyu where live the seven gaṇas.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 2. 40.

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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

saptaskandha (सप्तस्कंध).—m pl S The seven divisions or regions of the Wind. As a curious specimen of Hindu anemography or anemosophy these divisions are presented; viz. āvaha (also written avā) the wind which, rising from the ground, reaches to the clouds; pravā the wind from the clouds to the sun; udvaha the third wind; saha that from the moon to the stars; vaiva that from the stars to Saturn; ṣaṭhāparā that from Saturn to the saptaṛṣi or Ursa major; parivāhā that from Ursa major to dhuru the Polar star--the uttermost star (according to the Puraṇs) of the universe.

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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.

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