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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Guptaka (गुप्तक).—A prince of the country of Sauvīra. He was a friend of the famous Jayadratha. In the great battle he was killed by Arjuna. (Śloka 27, Chapter 271, Vana Parva).

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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.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Guptakā.—see guttagai. Note: guptakā is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Guptaka (गुप्तक).—A preserver.

Derivable forms: guptakaḥ (गुप्तकः).

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

1) Guptaka (गुप्तक):—[from gup] m. a preserver, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a Sauvīraka prince, [Mahābhārata iii, 15597.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Guptaka 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

Guptaka (ಗುಪ್ತಕ):—[noun] = ಗುಪ್ತಚಾರ [guptacara].

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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)

Starts with: Guptakama, Guptakamda, Guptakatha.

Ends with: Candraguptaka, Dharmaguptaka, Kartriguptaka, Kriyaguptaka, Upaguptaka, Vishnuguptaka.

Full-text: Kriyaguptaka, Vishnuguptaka, Candraguptaka, Dharmaguptaka, Kartriguptaka, Guttagai, Kartrigupta, Gupta.

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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)

Section CCLXIII < [Draupadi-harana Parva]

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Buddhacarita (by Charles Willemen)

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