Vaijayantimala, Vaijayantīmālā: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vaijayantīmālā (वैजयंतीमाला).—f (S) pop. -māḷā or -māḷa f A necklace of Vishn̤u. It consists of five precious stones referred respectively as their source to the five elements; viz. diamond, from ākāśa or ether, ruby, from agni or fire, topaz, from vāyu or air, pearl, from jala or water, sapphire, from pṛthvī or earth. Ex. varī ḍōlē vaijayantīmāḷa ||.

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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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