Ramasetu, Rāmasetu, Rama-setu: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryRāmasetu (रामसेतु).—the bridge of Rāma', a bridge of sand between the Indian peninsula and Ceylon, now called Adam's bridge.
Derivable forms: rāmasetuḥ (रामसेतुः).
Rāmasetu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rāma and setu (सेतु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryRāmasetu (रामसेतु).—m.
(-tuḥ) A bridge of sand, now a chain of islands, between the Indian Peninsula and Ceylon, popularly known by “Adam's bridge”.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Rāmasetu (रामसेतु) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Setubandha.
2) Rāmasetu (रामसेतु):—a Prākṛt poem on the history of Rāma, attributed to Pravarasena and sometimes to Kālidāsa. Io. 667. W. p. 367. L. 1977. K. 64. Kh. 86. Ben. 36. Burnell. 175^a. Lahore. 2. P. 3. 10. Oppert. Ii, 9852. Bu7hler 540 (and—[commentary]). Mentioned by Daṇḍin in the Kāvyādarśa, by Ānandavardhana in the Dhvanyāloka.
—[commentary] by Kulanātha. L. 1978. W. 1554.
—[commentary] by Rāmadāsa. Io. 1124. W. p. 367. K. 64. B. 2, 102. Report. Xii. Lahore. 2. W. 1552.
—[commentary] by Śrīkṛṣṇa. Burnell. 175^a. W. 1553. Setusaraṇi, a Saṃskṛt translation of the text, by Śivanārāyaṇadāsa. W. p. 154.
Rāmasetu has the following synonyms: Setubandha, Rāvaṇavaha.
3) Rāmasetu (रामसेतु):—a Prākṛt poem, attributed to Pravarasena. Rgb. 402. First published by Siegfried Goldschmidt (1880-84), afterwards, without taking any notice of this excellent edition, in the Kāvyamālā 47 (1895).
—[commentary] by Rāmadāsa. Rgb. 402.
Rāmasetu has the following synonyms: Setubandha, Rāvaṇavaha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Rāmasetu (रामसेतु):—[=rāma-setu] [from rāma] m. ‘R°s’s bridge’, the ridge of coral rocks by which Rāma crossed to Ceylon (now called Adam’s bridge, cf. Rāmeśvara below), [Catalogue(s)]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a poem (= setu-bandha)
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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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Starts with: Ramasetupradipa.
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