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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Trinābha (त्रिनाभ).—A son of Khaśa, and a Rākṣasa.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 135.

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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.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Trinābha (त्रिनाभ).—Viṣṇu; Bhāgavata 8. 17.26.

Derivable forms: trinābhaḥ (त्रिनाभः).

Trinābha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tri and nābha (नाभ).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Trinābha (त्रिनाभ):—[=tri-nābha] [from tri] mfn. whose navel supports the 3 worlds (Viṣṇu), [viii, 17, 26.]

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Trinabha in German

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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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Partial matches: Tri, Nabha.

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