Jayantipura, Jayantīpura, Jayanti-pura: 2 definitions

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Jayantipura means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.

India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency

Jayantīpura or Banawāsi is the name of an ancient locality related to the Kadamba kings (r. 12the century A.D.).—The Kadamba kings of Hāngal were heralded in public by the sounds of the musical instrument called permaṭṭi. And their family-god was Jayantī-Madhukeśvara, or Viṣṇu under the name of Mādhukeśvara of Jayantīpura or Banawāsi. Their records are found mostly in the Hāngal tāluka itself.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Jayantīpura (जयन्तीपुर):—[=jayantī-pura] [from jayantī > jaya] n. Name of a town, [Rāghavapāṇḍavīya i, 25.]

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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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