Suryadvara, Sūryadvāra, Surya-dvara: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sūryadvāra (सूर्यद्वार).—the way of the sun; उत्तरायण (uttarāyaṇa) q. v.; सूर्यद्वारेण ते विरजाः प्रयान्ति यत्रामृतः स पुरुषो ह्याव्ययात्मा (sūryadvāreṇa te virajāḥ prayānti yatrāmṛtaḥ sa puruṣo hyāvyayātmā) Muṇḍ.1.2.11.

Derivable forms: sūryadvāram (सूर्यद्वारम्).

Sūryadvāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sūrya and dvāra (द्वार).

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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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