Sundarakanda, Sundarakāṇḍa, Sundara-kanda: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySundarakāṇḍa (सुन्दरकाण्ड).—
1) a beautiful stalk.
2) the 5th book of the Rāmāyaṇa.
Derivable forms: sundarakāṇḍam (सुन्दरकाण्डम्).
Sundarakāṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sundara and kāṇḍa (काण्ड).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sundarakāṇḍa (सुन्दरकाण्ड):—[=sundara-kāṇḍa] [from sundara > sund] n. a beautiful stalk, [Vāsavadattā]
2) [v.s. ...] ‘b° section’, Name of the 5th book of the Rāmāyaṇa and of the Adhyātma-rāmāyaṇa.
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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Partial matches: Kanda, Sundara.
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Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 68 - Hanuman repeats his Words of Consolation to Sita < [Book 5 - Sundara-kanda]
Sparkles of Sundarakanda < [January – March and April – June, 1995]
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Sita: Power, Penance, Promise - An Introduction < [October – December, 1988]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.16.137-138 < [Chapter 16 - The Glories of Śrī Haridāsa Ṭhākura]
Verse 1.13.46 < [Chapter 13 - Defeating Digvijayī]
Verse 1.15.195 < [Chapter 15 - Marriage with Śrī Viṣṇupriyā]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.4.46 < [Chapter 4 - Bhakta (the devotee)]
Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Pasuram 5.3.7 < [Section 3 - Third Tiruvaymoli (Macu aru Coti)]
Pasuram 6.5.5 < [Section 5 - Fifth Tiruvaymoli (Tuval il ma mani matam)]
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