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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Vāhinīpati (वाहिनीपति).—Ārṣeya pravara.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 196. 8.

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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.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Vāhinīpati.—(EI 28; IA 10), leader of forces; a general; cf. Senāpati, etc. Note: vāhinīpati is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vāhinīpati (वाहिनीपति).—

1) a general, a commanding officer.

2) the ocean (lord of rivers).

Derivable forms: vāhinīpatiḥ (वाहिनीपतिः).

Vāhinīpati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāhinī and pati (पति).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vāhinīpati (वाहिनीपति).—m.

(-tiḥ) 1. A general, a commanding officer. 2. The ocean. E. vāhinī an army or river, and pati master.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vāhinīpati (वाहिनीपति).—[masculine] chief of an army.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Vāhinīpati (वाहिनीपति) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. [Subhāshitāvali by Vallabhadeva] Padyāvalī. See Jīvadāsa Vāhinīpati.

2) Vāhinīpati (वाहिनीपति):—Prāyaścittadīpikā. Somapañcakaṭīkā.

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

1) Vāhinīpati (वाहिनीपति):—[=vāhinī-pati] [from vāhinī > vāh] m. ‘chief of an army’, a general, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] ‘lord of rivers’, Name of the ocean, [Horace H. Wilson]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a poet, [Catalogue(s)]

4) [v.s. ...] (with mahā-pātra bhaṭṭācārya) Name of a Commentator, [ib.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vāhinīpati (वाहिनीपति):—[vāhinī-pati] (tiḥ) 2. m. A general; the ocean.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vahinipati 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vāhanīpati (ವಾಹನೀಪತಿ):—

1) [noun] Varuṇa, the Lord of the ocean.

2) [noun] the chief of an army.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vahini, Pati.

Starts with: Vahinipati mahapatra bhattacarya.

Ends with: Jivadasavahinipati.

Full-text: Vahiniramana, Vahinipriya, Vahinipati mahapatra bhattacarya, Prayashcittadipika, Somapancaka, Tattvacintamanyaloka, Tattvacintamaniprakasha.

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