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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Yamasādana (यमसादन).—(Yātanādeha) taken to the abode of Yama in two or three muhūrtas covering about 99000 yojanas; tortures in.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa III. 30. 20-28.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

yamasadana (यमसदन).—n (S) The house of Yama, i. e. the place of future punishment.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

yamasadana (यमसदन).—n The house of Yama, i. e. place of future punishment.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Yamasādana (यमसादन).—n. the palace of Yama i. e. Tartarus, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 17, 3.

Yamasādana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yama and sādana (सादन).

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

Yamasadana (यमसदन).—[neuter] Yama's seat or abode.

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Yamasādana (यमसादन).—[neuter] the same.

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

1) Yamasadana (यमसदन):—[=yama-sadana] [from yama > yam] n. Y°’s seat or abode, [Pañcatantra; Bhartṛhari; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) Yamasādana (यमसादन):—[=yama-sādana] [from yama > yam] n. = -sadana q.v., [Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-āraṇyaka etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Yamasadana 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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Partial matches: Yama, Sadana.

Full-text: Prayabhava, Praverita, Sadana, Yiyasu, Vivara, Yama, Pad.

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