Dikkanya, Dikkanyā, Dish-kanya: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDikkanyā (दिक्कन्या).—a region of the sky (considered as a virgin).
Dikkanyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms diś and kanyā (कन्या). See also (synonyms): dikkāntā, dikkāminī, digvadhū.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dikkanyā (दिक्कन्या):—[=dik-kanyā] a etc. See under 2. diś.
2) [=dik-kanyā] [from dik > diś] b f. a quarter of the sky deified as a young virgin, [Bhartṛhari iii, 93] ([varia lectio] kāntā).
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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: Dish, Dik, Kanya.
Full-text: Digangana, Dikkanta, Digvadhu, Bhogamalini, Bhogamkara, Diksudrish, Diksundari, Pushpamala, Dikkamini, Bhogavati.
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