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Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata Purana

Vasvananta (वस्वनन्त):—Son of Upagupta (son of Upaguru). He had a son named Yuyudha. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.13.25)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Vasvananta (वस्वनन्त).—The father of Yuyudha, and the son of Upagupta. He was the King of Videha. (Bhāgavata. Skandha 9).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Vasvananta (वस्वनन्त).—A son of Upagupta, and father of Yuyudha.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 13. 25.

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

Vasvananta (वस्वनन्त):—[=vasv-ananta] [from vasv > vas] m. Name of a son of Upagupta, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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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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Partial matches: Vasv, Ananta.

Full-text: Yuyudha, Upagupta, Subhashana, Vashra.

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