Vaikartana: 7 definitions
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Vaikartana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaVaikartana (वैकर्तन).—Another name of Karṇa.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaikartana (वैकर्तन).—Name of Karṇa; हतो वैकर्तनः कर्णो दिवाकरसमद्युतिः (hato vaikartanaḥ karṇo divākarasamadyutiḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.5.14.
Derivable forms: vaikartanaḥ (वैकर्तनः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaikartana (वैकर्तन).—i. e. vikartana (The sun), + a, patronym. Son of the sun, i. e. Karṇa, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahābhārata.] 56, 154.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaikartana (वैकर्तन).—[adjective] relating to or descended from the (god of the) sun; [masculine] [Epithet] of Karṇa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vaikartana (वैकर्तन):—[from vaikarta] mfn. ([from] vi-kartana) relating or belonging to the sun, [Rāghavapāṇḍavīya]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Karṇa (as son of the sun), [Mahābhārata]
3) [v.s. ...] [patronymic] of Su-grīva, [Rāghavapāṇḍavīya]
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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 corpusVaikartana (ವೈಕರ್ತನ):—[adjective] of, relating to, caused by the sun.
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Vaikartana (ವೈಕರ್ತನ):—[noun] Karṇa, an associate of Kauravas in Mahābhārata, the great epic of India.
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)
Starts with: Vaikartanakula.
Full-text: Vaikartanakula, Talatala, Vikartana.
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 135 - The Greatness of Sābhramatī < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 21 - The greatness of Puṣkara and some important vows < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
Harsha-charita (by Bāṇabhaṭṭa)