Vrihadanga, Vṛhadaṅga: 2 definitions
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Vrihadanga 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 Vṛhadaṅga can be transliterated into English as Vrhadanga or Vrihadanga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛhadaṅga (वृहदङ्ग).—mfn.
(-ṅgaḥ-ṅgī-ṅgaṃ) 1. Large-bodied, bulky. 2. Large-limbed. 3. Having many parts. m.
(-ṅgaḥ) A large elephant, such a one as is usually the leader of a wild herd. E. vṛhat large, and aṅga body.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛhadaṅga (वृहदङ्ग):—[vṛha-daṅga] (ṅgaḥ-ṅgī-ṅgaṃ) 1. m. A large elephant, leader of a wild herd. a. Large limbed.
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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