Vishvagoptri, Viśvagoptṛ, Vishva-goptri: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Viśvagoptṛ can be transliterated into English as Visvagoptr or Vishvagoptri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryViśvagoptṛ (विश्वगोप्तृ).—m.
1) Name of Viṣṇu.
2) Indra.
Viśvagoptṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viśva and goptṛ (गोप्तृ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśvagoptṛ (विश्वगोप्तृ).—m.
(-ptā) 1. Vishnu. 2. Indra. E. viśva all, goptṛ preserver.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Viśvagoptṛ (विश्वगोप्तृ):—[=viśva-goptṛ] [from viśva] m. ‘preserver of the universe’, Name of Viṣṇu, [Harivaṃśa]
2) [v.s. ...] of Śiva, [Śivagītā, ascribed to the padma-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] of Indra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśvagoptṛ (विश्वगोप्तृ):—[viśva-goptṛ] (ptā) 4. m. Vishnu; Indra.
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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