The Sanskrit term Vaiśālinī can be transliterated into English as Vaisalini or Vaishalini, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Vaiśālinī (वैशालिनी).—The daughter of King Visāla. She was married by Avikṣit, the son of Karandhama. The famous Marutta was the son born to this couple. (Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, Chapters 119-126).

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Vaiśālinī (वैशालिनी):—[from vaiśāla] f. [patronymic] [from] viśāla, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vaishalini 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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Full-text: Avikshit.

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The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)

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