Vrishantaka, Vṛṣāntaka, Vrisha-antaka: 5 definitions

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Vrishantaka 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 Vṛṣāntaka can be transliterated into English as Vrsantaka or Vrishantaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vṛṣāntaka (वृषान्तक).—an epithet of Viṣṇu.

Derivable forms: vṛṣāntakaḥ (वृषान्तकः).

Vṛṣāntaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛṣa and antaka (अन्तक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vṛṣāntaka (वृषान्तक).—m.

(-kaḥ) Vishnu. E. vṛṣa virtue, anta end, and kan aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vṛṣāntaka (वृषान्तक):—[from vṛṣa > vṛṣ] m. ‘destroyer of Vṛṣa’, Name of Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. vṛṣa-śatru, [column]1).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vṛṣāntaka (वृषान्तक):—[vṛṣā+ntaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Vishnu.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vrishantaka in German

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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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