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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Bandhuvarga (बन्धुवर्ग) refers to “kinsmen”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.31 (“Description of Śiva’s magic”).—Accordingly, after the Gods eulogised Śiva: “Then the lord Śiva who is favourably disposed to his devotees, the lord of magic and free from aberrations went to the lord of mountains. When the lord of the mountains was seated in his royal assembly along with Pārvatī and kinsmen (bandhuvarga), Sadāśiva came there, in the meantime bearing a staff and an umbrella. He was dressed in divine clothes and had a shining mark on the forehead. [...]”

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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

bandhuvarga (बंधुवर्ग).—m (S) Kinsfolk, kindred, brethren.

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

bandhuvarga (बंधुवर्ग).—m Kinsfolk. kindred.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bandhuvarga (बन्धुवर्ग).—kinsmen, kindred.

Derivable forms: bandhuvargaḥ (बन्धुवर्गः).

Bandhuvarga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bandhu and varga (वर्ग).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bandhuvarga (बन्धुवर्ग).—m. relations, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 30.

Bandhuvarga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bandhu and varga (वर्ग).

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

Bandhuvarga (बन्धुवर्ग):—[=bandhu-varga] [from bandhu > bandh] m. the whole body of r°, kindred, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Baṃdhuvarga (ಬಂಧುವರ್ಗ):—[noun] collectively, one’s relations.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Varga, Bandhu.

Full-text: Apivrata, Uṇṇa, Kita.

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