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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Ārabdha (आरब्ध).—The son of Setu and father of Gāndhāra.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 23. 15; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 17. 3-4.

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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

ārabdha (आरब्ध).—p S Begun, commenced, entered upon.

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

ārabdha (आरब्ध).—p Begun, commenced.

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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

Ārabdha (आरब्ध).—p. p. Begun, commenced; आरब्धे हि सुदुष्करेऽपि महतां मध्ये विरामः कुतः (ārabdhe hi suduṣkare'pi mahatāṃ madhye virāmaḥ kutaḥ) Subh. Ratn.

-bdham Beginning.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ārabdha (आरब्ध).—(-ārabdha), injured, in an-ārabdha, q.v.

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

Ārabdha (आरब्ध).—[adjective] (having) begun.

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

1) Ārabdha (आरब्ध):—[=ā-rabdha] [from ā-rabh] mfn. begun, commenced, undertaken, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] one who has begun or commenced, beginning, commencing, [Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a king.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Rabdha, A.

Starts with: Arabdhavya.

Ends with: Anarabdha, Anicchaprarabdha, Anvarabdha, Aprarabdha, Atyarabdha, Bhutarabdha, Dehaprarabdha, Margarabdha, Parecchaprarabdha, Prarabdha, Samanvarabdha, Samarabdha, Samuparabdha, Susamarabdha, Svarabdha, Svecchaprarabdha, Trividhaprarabdha, Vyarabdha, Yatharabdha.

Full-text: Vyarabdha, Abhisarabh, Samarabdhatara, Svarabdha, Samarabhya, Margarabdha, Samarabdha, Samtatya, Rabh, Setu, Rambh, Gandhara.

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