Gaganagarbha: 3 definitions
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Gaganagarbha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygaganagarbha (गगनगर्भ).—m (S Poetry.) The womb, capacity, or area of the heavens. Ex. gaganagarbhīṃ na samāyē sukha || aisā mātāpityāsi harīkha ||.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishgaganagarbha (गगनगर्भ).—m The capacity or area of the heavens.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryGaganagarbha (गगनगर्भ).—(1) name of a Bodhisattva: Gaṇḍavyūha 2.24; (2) name of a dhāraṇī: Gaṇḍavyūha 66.19.
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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