Virataparvan, Virāṭaparvan, Virata-parvan: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVirāṭaparvan (विराटपर्वन्).—n. the fourth book of the Mahābhārata.
Virāṭaparvan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms virāṭa and parvan (पर्वन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVirāṭaparvan (विराटपर्वन्):—[=virāṭa-parvan] [from virāṭa > vi-rāj] n. Name of the fourth book of the Mahābhārata (describing the adventures of the Pāṇḍu princes when living in the service of king Virāṭa).
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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Partial matches: Parvan, Virata.
Full-text: Durgastotra, Bharata, Mahabharata.
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