Velavana, Velāvana, Vela-vana: 3 definitions
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Velavana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVelāvana (वेलावन).—a wood on the sea-coast.
Derivable forms: velāvanam (वेलावनम्).
Velāvana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms velā and vana (वन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVelāvana (वेलावन):—[=velā-vana] [from velā > vel] n. a forest on the sea-shore, [Mahābhārata]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVēlāvana (ವೇಲಾವನ):—[noun] a forest by the side of a sea.
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Vēḷāvana (ವೇಳಾವನ):—[noun] = ವೇಲಾವನ [velavana].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Full-text: Vana.
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