Bhuvanakosha, Bhuvanakośa, Bhuvana-kosha: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bhuvanakośa can be transliterated into English as Bhuvanakosa or Bhuvanakosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhuvanakośa (भुवनकोश).—the receptacle of beings.
Derivable forms: bhuvanakośaḥ (भुवनकोशः).
Bhuvanakośa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhuvana and kośa (कोश).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Bhuvanakośa (भुवनकोश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—from Matsyapurāṇa. Poona. 383. 403.
2) Bhuvanakośa (भुवनकोश):—jy. by Gurjara Ananta. Bp. 308.
3) Bhuvanakośa (भुवनकोश):—paur. Cs 4, 106 (inc.).
—from the Bhīṣmaparvan. As p. 133.
1) Bhuvanakośa (भुवनकोश):—[=bhuvana-kośa] [from bhuvana > bhū] m. the globe or sphere of the earth, [Kādambarī]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of sub voce works.
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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: Kosha, Bhuvana, Koca.
Full-text: Ananta gurjara, Matsyapurana.
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