Vasuretas, Vasu-retas: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVasuretas (वसुरेतस्).—m. fire; संप्राप्तो यत्र सांनिध्यं सदासीद् वसुरेतसः (saṃprāpto yatra sāṃnidhyaṃ sadāsīd vasuretasaḥ) Rām.7.31.7; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.13.3.
Vasuretas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vasu and retas (रेतस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVasuretas (वसुरेतस्).—m.
(-tāḥ) Fire.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVasuretas (वसुरेतस्).—m. fire, Mahābhārata 1, 1021.
Vasuretas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vasu and retas (रेतस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVasuretas (वसुरेतस्).—[masculine] fire or the god of fire (lit. seed of wealth or of the Vasus).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vasuretas (वसुरेतस्):—[=vasu-retas] [from vasu > vas] m. fire or the god of fire, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of Śiva (also taḥ-su-vapuḥ), [Mahābhārata]
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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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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section VIII < [Ashvamedhika Parva]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 35 - Śiva-sahasranāma: the thousand names of Śiva < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 98 - Thousand names of Śiva (Sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 65 - Thousand names of Śiva (Rudra-sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]