Diptavarna, Dīptavarṇa, Dipta-varna: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDīptavarṇa (दीप्तवर्ण).—epithets of Kārtikeya.
Derivable forms: dīptavarṇaḥ (दीप्तवर्णः).
Dīptavarṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dīpta and varṇa (वर्ण). See also (synonyms): dīptakīrti, dīptaśakti.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDīptavarṇa (दीप्तवर्ण):—[=dīpta-varṇa] [from dīpta > dīp] mfn. ‘red-coloured’, Name of Skanda, [Mahābhārata iii.]
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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: Dipta, Varna.
Full-text: Diptashakti, Diptakirti.
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