Gaganaviharin, Gaganavihārin, Gagana-viharin, Gagaṇavihārin: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gaganavihārin (गगनविहारिन्) or Gagaṇavihārin (गगणविहारिन्).—a. moving or ranging in the sky; H.1.19; स हि गगनविहारी कल्मषध्वंसकारी (sa hi gaganavihārī kalmaṣadhvaṃsakārī) Udb. (-m.)

1) a luminary.

2) the sun.

3) a celestial being.

Gaganavihārin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gagana and vihārin (विहारिन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gagaṇavihārin (गगणविहारिन्).—mfn. (-rī-riṇī-ri) Sporting in heaven. m. (-rī) 1. The sun. 2. A heavenly luminary. 3. A divinity or celestial being, E. gagaṇa, and vihārin who sports.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gaganavihārin (गगनविहारिन्).—[adjective] walking in the air.

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

1) Gaganavihārin (गगनविहारिन्):—[=gagana-vihārin] [from gagana] mfn. moving or sporting in the sky (the moon), [Hitopadeśa i, 2, 15 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a heavenly luminary, [Horace H. Wilson]

3) [v.s. ...] the sun, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] a celestial being or divinity, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gagaṇavihārin (गगणविहारिन्):—[gagaṇa-vihārin] (rī-riṇī-ri) a. Sporting in the sky. m. The sun; a heavenly luminary; a god.

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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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