The Sanskrit term Dhṛtavatī can be transliterated into English as Dhrtavati or Dhritavati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Dhṛtavatī (धृतवती).—(GHṚTAVATĪ). A famous river. Mahābhārata Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9).

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Dhṛtavatī (धृतवती):—[=dhṛta-vatī] [from dhṛta-vat > dhṛta > dhṛ] f. Name of a river, [Mahābhārata] (also [varia lectio] for ghṛta-vatī).

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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: Dhrita, Vati.

Full-text: Dhritavant, Dhritimant.

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