Vayuputra, Vāyuputra, Vayu-putra: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVāyuputra (वायुपुत्र).—epithets of Hanumat or Bhīma.
Derivable forms: vāyuputraḥ (वायुपुत्रः).
Vāyuputra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāyu and putra (पुत्र). See also (synonyms): vāyujāta, vāyutanaya, vāyunandana, vāyusuta, vāyusūnu.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāyuputra (वायुपुत्र).—[masculine] Vāyu’s son i.e. Hanumant.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vāyuputra (वायुपुत्र):—[=vāyu-putra] [from vāyu] m. ‘son of the w°’, Name of Hanumat, [Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad; Rāmāyaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] of Bhīma, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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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Starts with: Vayuputray, Vayuputraya, Vayuputrayita.
Full-text: Vayusunu, Vayuputtiran, Pavanatmaja, Vayuputray, Vayujata, Vayunandana, Anilatmaja, Vayutanaya, Vayusuta, Anupurvi, Avaganem, Anupurvya, Anupurva, Keshari.
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