Simhavahini, Siṃhavāhinī, Simha-vahini: 3 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySiṃhavāhinī (सिंहवाहिनी).—an epithet of Durgā.
Siṃhavāhinī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms siṃha and vāhinī (वाहिनी).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySiṃhavāhinī (सिंहवाहिनी):—[=siṃha-vāhinī] [from siṃha-vāhin > siṃha] f. Name of Durgā, [Devī-bhāgavata-purāṇa]
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 corpusSiṃhavāhini (ಸಿಂಹವಾಹಿನಿ):—
1) [noun] Pārvati, whose vehicle is a lion.
2) [noun] (jain.) a kind of mystic accomplishment.
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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Partial matches: Vahini, Simha.
Full-text: Simhavahane.
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