Makaravahana, Makaravāhana, Makara-vahana: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMakaravāhana (मकरवाहन).—Name of Varuṇa.
Derivable forms: makaravāhanaḥ (मकरवाहनः).
Makaravāhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms makara and vāhana (वाहन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMakaravāhana (मकरवाहन):—[=makara-vāhana] [from makara] m. ‘having the M° for his vehicle’, Name of Varuṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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