Varikarpura, Vārikarpūra, Vari-karpura: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vārikarpūra (वारिकर्पूर).—a kind of fish (ilīśa).

Derivable forms: vārikarpūraḥ (वारिकर्पूरः).

Vārikarpūra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāri and karpūra (कर्पूर).

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

Vārikarpūra (वारिकर्पूर).—m.

(-raḥ) The Iliśa-fish, (Cluponodon Ilisha, Ham.) E. vāri water, and karpūra camphor, to which it is compared in colour.

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

Vārikarpūra (वारिकर्पूर):—[=vāri-karpūra] [from vāri > vār] m. a kind of fish, Clupea Alosa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Vārikarpūra (वारिकर्पूर):—[vāri-karpūra] (raḥ) 1. m. The Ilisā fish.

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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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