Udakshena, Udaksena, 岹ṣeԲ: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 岹ṣeԲ can be transliterated into English as Udaksena or Udakshena, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata PuranaUdaksena (उदक्से�):—Son of Viṣvaksena (son of Brahmadatta and his wife Sarasvatī). He had a son called Bhallāṭa. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.21.26)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index岹ṣeԲ (उदक्षे�).—The son of Viṣvaksena and father of Bhallāṭa. (Bhallābha, Viṣṇu-purāṇa).*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 49. 59; Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 181; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 19. 46-7.

The Purana (पुरा�, 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUdaksena (उदक्से�):—[=udak-sena] [from udak > ud-añc] m. Name of a king, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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Full-text: Udakasena, Bhallabha, Bhallata, Udaksvana, Vishvaksena.
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