Kamavatara, Kāmāvatāra, Kama-avatara: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKāmāvatāra (कामावतार).—Name of Pradyumna.
Derivable forms: kāmāvatāraḥ (कामावतारः).
Kāmāvatāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāma and avatāra (अवतार).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumKāmāvatāra (कामावतार) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted by Mohanadāsa. Oxf. 143^a.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kāmāvatāra (कामावतार):—[from kāma] m. Name of a metre consisting of four lines of six syllables each
2) [v.s. ...] Name of [work]
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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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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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