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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Vātapati (वातपति).—A son of Satajit.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 71. 55.

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Vātapati (वातपति) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.177.18) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Vātapati) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Vātapati (वातपति):—[=vāta-pati] [from vāta > vā] m. ‘lord of the Vātas’, Name of a son of Sattra-jit, [Harivaṃśa]

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Vatapati in German

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Vaṭappaṭi (வடப்படி) [vaṭa-paṭi] noun idem. + படி³. [padi³.] A weight of 144 palam; 144 பலங்கொண்ட நிறை. [palangonda nirai.] (G. T n. D. I , 237.)

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Vatapati (வதபதி) [vaṭapaṭi] [vata-pati] noun See வடப்படி. [vadappadi.] Local usage

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Partial matches: Vata, Pati.

Ends with: Daivatapati, Parvatapati.

Full-text: Vatadhipa, Vata.

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