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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Ghanodadhi (घनोदधि).—The sea of clouds surrounding the aṇḍa, supported by the ever-blazing energy (fire) of clouds (ghanatejas) like the burning iron rod; outside is a vast region supported by Ghana vāta, which rests again on ākāśa. The last is supported by mahat, pradhāna being a prop to mahat.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 21. 24-7; Vāyu-purāṇa 49. 153-55; 50. 82-4.

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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: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ghanodadhi (घनोदधि).—m.

(-dhiḥ) A division of hell. E. ghana viscid, and udadhi an ocean.

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

Ghanodadhi (घनोदधि):—[from ghana] m. a particular sea formed of dense water (enveloping the Ghana-vāta), [Jaina literature]

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

Ghanodadhi (घनोदधि):—[ghano+dadhi] (dhiḥ) 2. m. Division of hell.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ghanodadhi (घनोदधि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ghaṇodahi.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ghanodadhi (घनोदधि)— a particular sea (hell ?).

[Sanskrit to German]

Ghanodadhi in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ghanōdadhi (ಘನೋದಧಿ):—[noun] (Jain.) one of the three gaseous spheres that has enveloped the universe.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Udadhi, Ghana.

Starts with: Ghanodadhiratha.

Full-text: Ghanodahi, Ghanodadhiratha.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Ghanodadhi, Ghana-udadhi, Ghanōdadhi; (plurals include: Ghanodadhis, udadhis, Ghanōdadhis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)

Verse 4.12 - The subclasses of the stellar beings (jyotiṣka-deva) < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]

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Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)

Chapter 19 - Description of Plakṣa and other continents (dvīpa) < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]

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