Punyakirtana, Puṇyakīrtana, Punya-kirtana: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPuṇyakīrtana (पुण्यकीर्तन).—Name of Viṣṇu.
-nam narrating or reading Purāṇas.
Derivable forms: puṇyakīrtanaḥ (पुण्यकीर्तनः).
Puṇyakīrtana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṇya and kīrtana (कीर्तन). See also (synonyms): puṇyaśravaṇa.
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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Partial matches: Puṇya, Kirtana.
Full-text: Punyashravana.
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