Samudranishkuta, aka: Sāmudraniṣkuṭā, Samudra-nishkuta, Sāmudraniṣkuṭa; 2 Definition(s)
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The Sanskrit terms Sāmudraniṣkuṭā and Sāmudraniṣkuṭa can be transliterated into English as Samudraniskuta or Samudranishkuta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Sāmudraniṣkuṭa (सामुद्रनिष्कुट).—An urban area in India famous in the Purāṇas. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 49).
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopaedia
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit-English dictionary
Sāmudraniṣkuṭā (सामुद्रनिष्कुटा).—inhabitants of the sea-coast.
Derivable forms: sāmudraniṣkuṭāḥ (सामुद्रनिष्कुटाः).
Sāmudraniṣkuṭā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sāmudra and niṣkuṭā (निष्कुटा).
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. 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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