Giriprastha, Giri-prastha: 7 definitions
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Giriprastha 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaGiriprastha (啶椸た啶班た啶啶班じ啷嵿ぅ).鈥擜 mountain of the country of Ni峁dha. Indra once hid himself on this mountain. (艢loka 13, Chapter 315, Vana Parva).
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGiriprastha (啶椸た啶班た啶啶班じ啷嵿ぅ).鈥攖he tableland of a mountain; R膩m.2.
Derivable forms: 驳颈谤颈辫谤补蝉迟丑补岣� (啶椸た啶班た啶啶班じ啷嵿ぅ啶�).
Giriprastha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms giri and prastha (啶啶班じ啷嵿ぅ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGiriprastha (啶椸た啶班た啶啶班じ啷嵿ぅ).鈥擺masculine] the table-land of a mountain.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGiriprastha (啶椸た啶班た啶啶班じ啷嵿ぅ):鈥擺=giri-prastha] [from giri > gir] m. the table-land of a mountain, [R膩m膩ya峁嘺 ii, 97, 1.]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryGiriprastha (啶椸た啶班た啶啶班じ啷嵿ぅ):鈥攏. the table-land of a mountain;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
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Kadambari Studies (on the basis of Bhanuchandra) (by Jayanti Tripathy)