Puravastu, Puravāstu, Pura-vastu, Purāvastu: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Puravāstu (पुरवास्तु).—n. ground fit for the foundation of a town.

Puravāstu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pura and vāstu (वास्तु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Puravāstu (पुरवास्तु).—n. a ground fit for building a town, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 6409.

Puravāstu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pura and vāstu (वास्तु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Puravāstu (पुरवास्तु):—[=pura-vāstu] [from pura > pur] n. ground suitable for the foundation of a city, [Harivaṃśa]

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Puravastu in German

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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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