Varshaparvvata, Varṣaparvvata: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Varṣaparvvata can be transliterated into English as Varsaparvvata or Varshaparvvata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Varṣaparvvata (वर्षपर्व्वत) or Varṣaparvata.—m.

(-taḥ) A mountainous range, supposed to separate the various Varshas or divisions of the globe from each other: six ranges are enumerated from south to north; viz.:—Himavan, Hemakuta, Nisa'Dha, Nila, Sweta, and Sringi or Sringa- Vana; Meru constitutes the seventh; some authorities places Chaitra and Karni instead of Nila and Sweta. E. varṣa as above, parvata a mountain; also similar compounds, as varṣagiri &c.

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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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