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Boat means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Boats or Ships were commonly employed for Sea-voyages in ancient India (known in Prakrit as: jattā, or Sanskrit: yātrā), and was vividly depicted in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Details of preparation for sea-voyage are given which include the following items relating to preparatory ritual and the equipment of the ship: [e.g., arrangement of boats or ships;] [...]. When the boat was to take off auspicious musical instruments were sounded, conch-shells were blown, auspicious songs were sung, Brahmins muttered the āsīsā; and thus in the sound of invocation and jaya jaya the boat took off its voyage, the sails were unfurled, the ropes and riggings were pulled up, the oars began to be operated, the helmsman took observations, the boat fell into its course, favourable winds began to blow: thus the boat started its journey being tossed on the high sea waves.

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Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryBoat is another spelling for बोट [boṭa].—n. plant; tree;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Heimskringla (by Snorri Sturlson)
Part 6 - Battle In The Island Forminterra < [Chapter XII - Saga Of Sigurd The Crusader And His Brothers Eystein And Olaf]
Part 7 - Of Hakon's Fleet < [Chapter XV - Saga Of Hakon Herdebreid]
Part 6 - The Murder Of Beintein < [Chapter XIV - Saga Of Sigurd, Inge, And Eystein, The Sons Of Harald]
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 89 - The Yadavas Sport in the Ocean < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 38 - The Sons of Yadu and Their Conquests < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 90 - The Sport of the Yadus (continued) < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Folklore of the Santal Parganas
Apadana commentary (Atthakatha) (by U Lu Pe Win)
Commentary on the Biography of the thera Khadiravaniya < [Chapter 1 - Buddhavagga (Buddha section)]
Discourse on Sumedha, the Future Gotama Buddha < [Part 1 - Remote preface (dūre-nidāna)]
Commentary on the Biography of the Thera Mahākassapa < [Chapter 1 - Buddhavagga (Buddha section)]
Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)
The Understanding Mind < [March 1937]
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