Mangalaprastha, Maṅgalaprastha, Mangala-prastha: 5 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexMaṅgalaprastha (मङ्गलप्रस्थ).—A mountain in Bhāratavarṣa.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 19. 16.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMaṅgalaprastha (मङ्गलप्रस्थ).—Name of a mountain.
Derivable forms: maṅgalaprasthaḥ (मङ्गलप्रस्थः).
Maṅgalaprastha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maṅgala and prastha (प्रस्थ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaṅgalaprastha (मङ्गलप्रस्थ):—[=maṅgala-prastha] [from maṅgala] m. ‘ausp°-peak’, Name of a mountain, [Purāṇa]
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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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