Kharvata, Kharvaṭa: 9 definitions
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Kharvata 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKharvaṭa (खर्वट).—A territorial division where the four-armed Kumāra may be established;1 a village at the foot of the mountain;2 a mixed township.3
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 GlossaryKharvaṭa.—(ASLV), an administrative unit. See also kharvaḍa. Note: kharvaṭa is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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 dictionaryKharvaṭa (खर्वट).—[kharv-aṭan]
1) A market-town.
2) A village at the foot of a mountain; this word generally occurs joined with खेट (kheṭa); Bhāgavata 1.6.11;4.18.31;7.2.14; धनुःशतं परीणाहो ग्रामे क्षेत्रान्तरं भवेत् । द्वे शते खर्वटस्य स्यान्नगरस्य चतुःशतम् (dhanuḥśataṃ parīṇāho grāme kṣetrāntaraṃ bhavet | dve śate kharvaṭasya syānnagarasya catuḥśatam) || Y.2.167. Mitākṣarā says खर्वटस्य प्रचुरकण्टक- सन्तानस्य ग्रामस्य खर्वटानि कुनगराणि (kharvaṭasya pracurakaṇṭaka- santānasya grāmasya kharvaṭāni kunagarāṇi) | (praśnavyākaraṇasūtravyākhyāne).
3) A mixed locality on the bank of river, partly a village and partly a town (according to the text of Bhṛgu, quoted in Shrīdharasvāmin's commentary on the Bhāg.); cf. Rājadharmakaustubha, G. O. S.72, p.13.
4) A principal village among two hundred ones (Dānasāgara, Bibliotheca Indica 274, Fasc. I, p.145); cf. also दण्डविवेक (daṇḍaviveka), G. O. S.52, p.277.
Derivable forms: kharvaṭaḥ (खर्वटः), kharvaṭam (खर्वटम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKharvaṭa (खर्वट).—m. and n. A market or country town, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 6, 11.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKharvaṭa (खर्वट):—m. (n., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) a mountain village (= karv), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa i, 6, 11; iv, 18, 31; vii, 2, 14.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKharvaṭa (खर्वट):—[(ṭaḥ-ṭaṃ)] 1. m. n. The capital of a district of 400 villages; a village at the foot of a mountain.
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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 corpusKharvaṭa (ಖರ್ವಟ):—[noun] = ಖರ್ವಡ [kharvada].
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Kharvata (ಖರ್ವತ):—[noun] a fabulous evergreen tree Antiaris toxicaria of Moraceae family; upas tree.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Ends with: Nikharvata.
Full-text: Nikharvata, Karvata, Kharvada, Karvataka, Kheta, Karttikeya.
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