Virupashva, Virūpāśva: 5 definitions
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Virupashva 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.
The Sanskrit term Virūpāśva can be transliterated into English as Virupasva or Virupashva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaVirūpāśva (विरूपाश्व).—A King. This King had never eaten flesh in his life. (Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 156, Stanza 15).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexVirūpāśva (विरूपाश्व).—An Angirasa and mantrakṛt.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 32. 109.
Virūpāśva (विरूपाश्व) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. XIII.116.68, XIII.115) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Virūpāśva) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVirūpāśva (विरूपाश्व):—[=vi-rūpāśva] [from vi-rūpa] m. Name of a prince, [Mahābhārata]
[Sanskrit to German]
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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