Keshagarbha, Keśagarbha, Kesha-garbha: 5 definitions

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Keshagarbha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Keśagarbha can be transliterated into English as Kesagarbha or Keshagarbha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Keśagarbha (केशगर्भ).—

1) a braid of hair.

2) an epithet of Varuṇa.

Derivable forms: keśagarbhaḥ (केशगर्भः).

Keśagarbha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms keśa and garbha (गर्भ).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Keśagarbha (केशगर्भ).—m.

(-rbhaḥ) 1. A braid of hair 2. Varuna. E. keśa, and garbha origin.

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

1) Keśagarbha (केशगर्भ):—[=keśa-garbha] [from keśa] m. = bhaka, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of Varuṇa, [Horace H. Wilson]

[Sanskrit to German]

Keshagarbha 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.

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