Giritanaya, Giri-tanaya: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGiritanaya (गिरितनय).—
1) an epithet of Kārtikeya.
2) of Gaṇeśa. °धवः, °पतिः (dhavaḥ, °patiḥ) an epithet of Śiva; Kathāsaritsāgara 56.43. °मलम् (malam) talc.
Derivable forms: giritanayaḥ (गिरितनयः).
Giritanaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms giri and tanaya (तनय). See also (synonyms): girinandana, girisuta.
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: Tanaya, Giri.
Starts with: Giritanayavrata.
Full-text: Girinandana, Girisuta.
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