Jvalavaktra, Jvālāvaktra, Jvala-vaktra: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jvālāvaktra (ज्वालावक्त्र).—an epithet of Śiva.

Derivable forms: jvālāvaktraḥ (ज्वालावक्त्रः).

Jvālāvaktra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jvālā and vaktra (वक्त्र).

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

Jvālāvaktra (ज्वालावक्त्र):—[=jvālā-vaktra] [from jvālā > jval] m. ‘flame-mouthed’, Name of an attendant of Śiva, [Brahma-purāṇa ii, 17.]

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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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