Rudravasa, Rudrāvāsa, Rudra-avasa: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryRudrāvāsa (रुद्रावास).—
1) 'the abode of Rudra', the mountain Kailāsa.
2) Name of Benares.
3) a cemetery; cf. पितृसद्मगोचरः (pitṛsadmagocaraḥ) Kumārasambhava 5.77.
Derivable forms: rudrāvāsaḥ (रुद्रावासः).
Rudrāvāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rudra and āvāsa (आवास).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryRudrāvāsa (रुद्रावास).—m.
(-saḥ) 1. Benares. 2. Mount Kailasa. 3. Cemetery.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Rudrāvāsa (रुद्रावास):—[from rudra > rud] m. R°’s abode id est. Kāśi or Benares, [Kāśī khaṇḍa, from the skanda-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] the mountain Kailāsa, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
3) [v.s. ...] a cemetery, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryRudrāvāsa (रुद्रावास):—[rudrā+vāsa] (saḥ) 1. m. Benares.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusRudravāsa (ರುದ್ರವಾಸ):—[noun] a kind of flute, a high-pitched wind instrument.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 55 - Ganeśa Proceeds on a Mission to Kāśī < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
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Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
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