Kanakavahini, Kanakavāhinī, Kanaka-vahini: 4 definitions
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India history and geography
Source: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study (history)Kanakavāhinī (कनकवाहिनी) is the name of a river mentioned in the Nīlamatapurāṇa.The Nīlamata describes the meeting of the Kanakavāhinī with the Sindhu and mentions the former as flowing to the south of Sodara tīrtha and in the vicinity of Cīramocana-tīrtha. Haramukuṭagaṅgā Māhātmya gives it the name Karaṅkanadī. It is certainly the Kanaknai stream which takes its rise on the eastern slopes of the Haramukuṭa mountain, flows through the Lar pargana and empties itself into the Sind river lat. 34° 16' long. 74° 56' near the village Kijpara.
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKanakavāhinī (कनकवाहिनी):—[=kanaka-vāhinī] [from kanaka > kan] f. ‘gold stream’, Name of a river, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
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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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Partial matches: Vahini, Kanaka.
Full-text: Hiranya, Karankanadi, Ganga, Kalodaka.
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