Vancheshvara, Vāñcheśvara: 2 definitions
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Vancheshvara 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.
The Sanskrit term Vāñcheśvara can be transliterated into English as Vanchesvara or Vancheshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Vanchheshvara.
Ambiguity: Although Vancheshvara has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Vanceshvara. It further has the optional forms Vāñcheśvara and Vanchesvara.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Vāñcheśvara (वाञ्छेश्वर) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—of Tañjore, son of Narasiṃha, grandson of Mādhava, great grandson of Vāñchānātha (Vāñcheśvara):
—[commentary] on the Mahiṣaśataka, written in 1814. Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtravyākhyā, written in 1817. See Preface to Patañjalicarita in Kāvyamālā p. 10. 11.
2) Vāñcheśvara (वाञ्छेश्वर):—son of Narasiṃha, grandson of Mādhava: Kākatalīyavādārtha. Dattacintāmaṇi. Malamāsanirṇaya. Hiraṇyakeśiśulbasūtraṭīkā Mahāliṅga.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vāñcheśvara (वाञ्छेश्वर):—[from vāñchā > vāñch] m. (with kavi) Name of a poet (also called Vāñchā-nātha), [ib.]
2) [v.s. ...] (with hośa-nikarṇāṭaka) of an author whose date is about 1800 A.D.
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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Starts with: Vancheshvara hoshanikarnataka, Vancheshvara kavi, Vancheshvaramahatmya.
Full-text: Vancheshvaramahatmya, Vancheshvara hoshanikarnataka, Vancheshvara kavi, Mahishashataka, Vanceshvara, Kakataliyavadartha, Shrivancheshvaramahatmya, Vanchanathiyasutra, Balakavi, Dattacintamani, Malamasanirnaya, Vanchanatha, Hiranyakeshin, Satyashadha hiranyakeshin.
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Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. God)
57. The identity of Vanchesvara alias Kutti Kavi < [Volume 2 (1954)]
Subject-Index (of second volume) < [Volume 2 (1954)]
1. Oldest dated Manuscript of Sayana’s Commentary on the Samaveda < [Volume 2 (1954)]