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Source: Wisdom Library: India History

Bahiri in East Medinipur district is an explored site revealing Kushan presence. The Kushan Empire spread to various parts of Afghanistan, present-day Pakistan and India and embraced Buddhism during the mid-1st and mid-3rd centuries.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bahirī (बहिरी).—f ( H) A falcon, Falco calidus.

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bahirī (बहिरी).—m A name of the god bhairava.

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

bahirī (बहिरी).—f A falcon, Falco calidus.

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bahirī (बहिरी).—m A name of the god bhairava.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Bāhirī (बाहिरी).—(compare bāhira, and AMg. bāhiriyā, quarter or group of houses outside a city), outbuilding for animals: hasti-, aśva-bāhirīye (loc. sg.) Mahāvastu iii.298.1 and 2 (seen after entering the bāhira-rājakula-dvāra).

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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)

Starts with: Bahiri-pata, Bahiriboka, Bahirige, Bahirika, Bahirilla, Bahirima, Bahirimdraya, Bahirindriya, Bahirinu, Bahirisasana, Bahirivetha, Bahiriya.

Ends with: Nandabahiri, Ranabahiri, Sotabahiri, Sunabahiri.

Full-text: Bahiriboka, Bhairi, Bahari.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Bahiri, Bahirī, Bāhirī; (plurals include: Bahiris, Bahirīs, Bāhirīs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal (by Shubha Majumder)

Archaeological sites in West Midnapur District < [Chapter 4 - Distribution of Sites Yielding Jaina Remains]

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