Agnisavarni, Agnisāvarṇi, Agni-savarni: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Agnisāvarṇi (अग्निसावर्णि).—Name of Manu.

Derivable forms: agnisāvarṇiḥ (अग्निसावर्णिः).

Agnisāvarṇi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and sāvarṇi (सावर्णि).

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

Agnisāvarṇi (अग्निसावर्णि):—[=agni-sāvarṇi] [from agni] m. Name of a Manu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Agnisāvarṇi (अग्निसावर्णि):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-rṇiḥ) A proper name, one of the fourteen Manus who preside successively over the fourteen Manvantaras of the Kalpa. E. agni and sāvarṇi.

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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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