Punyashravana, Puṇyaśravaṇa, Punya-shravana: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Puṇyaśravaṇa can be transliterated into English as Punyasravana or Punyashravana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPuṇyaśravaṇa (पुण्यश्रवण).—Name of Viṣṇu.
-nam narrating or reading Purāṇas.
Derivable forms: puṇyaśravaṇaḥ (पुण्यश्रवणः).
Puṇyaśravaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṇya and śravaṇa (श्रवण). See also (synonyms): puṇyakīrtana.
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: Shravana, Punya.
Full-text: Punyakirtana.
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