Vankshu, Vaṅkṣu: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vaṅkṣu can be transliterated into English as Vanksu or Vankshu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaṅkṣu (वङ्क्षु).—
1) A small arm or branch of the Ganges.
2) Name of the river Oxus; वङ्क्षुतीरविचेष्टनैः (vaṅkṣutīraviceṣṭanaiḥ) (v. l. for sindhutīraviceṣṭanaiḥ) R.4.67.
Derivable forms: vaṅkṣuḥ (वङ्क्षुः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaṅkṣu (वङ्क्षु).—f.
(-ṅkṣuḥ) A small arm or branch of the Ganges. E. vaṅkṣ to accumulate, aff. u.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vaṅkṣu (वङ्क्षु):—f. an arm or branch of the Ganges, [Horace H. Wilson] (cf. vaṅka, vaṅku)
2) the Oxus, [Mahābhārata; Purāṇa] (cf. vakṣu).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaṅkṣu (वङ्क्षु):—(ṅkṣuḥ) 2. f. A small arm or branch of the Ganges.
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