Maitravaruni, Maitrāvaruṇi: 8 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMaitrāvaruṇi (मैत्रावरुणि).—
1) An epithet of Agastya; यान् मैत्रावरुणिः प्रशास्ति भगवानाम्नायपूते विधौ (yān maitrāvaruṇiḥ praśāsti bhagavānāmnāyapūte vidhau) Mv.1.25.
2) Of Vasiṣṭha.
3) Of Vālmīki.
Derivable forms: maitrāvaruṇiḥ (मैत्रावरुणिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaitrāvaruṇi (मैत्रावरुणि).—m.
(-ṇiḥ) 1. A name of Agastya. 2. Valmiki. 3. Vasistha. E. mitravaruṇa a sage, the father of this saint, and iñ aff.; or mitra the sun, and varuṇa Varuna, alluding to a legend of the birth of the saint from a contest between these deities, for the possession of Urvasi, one of the courtezans of Indra'S heaven.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaitrāvaruṇi (मैत्रावरुणि) or Maitrāvaruṇa.—or ºṇi, i. e. mitrāvaruṇa (dvandva comp. of mitra and varuṇa), + a or i, patronym., m. A son of Mitra and Varuṇa; a name of Vaśiṣ- ṭha, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 9, 4, and of Agastya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Maitrāvaruṇi (मैत्रावरुणि):—[from maitrāvaruṇa > maitra] m. a [patronymic] of Mānya or Agastya, [Ṛgveda-anukramaṇikā; Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] of Vasiṣṭha, [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] of Vālmīki, [Uttararāma-carita]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaitrāvaruṇi (मैत्रावरुणि):—[maitrā+varuṇi] (ṇiḥ) 2. m. Idem.
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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 corpusMaitrāvaruṇi (ಮೈತ್ರಾವರುಣಿ):—[noun] the sage Agastya.
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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Starts with: Maitravaruniya.
Full-text: Varunangaruha, Maittiravaruni, Maitravaruna, Manya, Agasti, Ida, Vasishtha.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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