Munidesha, 惭耻苍颈诲别艣补: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 惭耻苍颈诲别艣补 can be transliterated into English as Munidesa or Munidesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Wisdom Library: Var膩ha-pur膩峁嘺惭耻苍颈诲别艣补 (啶啶ㄠた啶︵啶�).鈥擮ne of the seven regions situated in Krau帽ca诲惫墨辫补, according to the 痴补谤腻丑补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 chapter 88. It is also known by the name Prak膩艣a. Krau帽ca诲惫墨辫补 is one of the seven islands (诲惫墨辫补), ruled over by Jyoti峁膩n, one of the ten sons of Priyavrata, who is the son of Sv膩yambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahm膩, who was in turn created by N膩r膩ya峁嘺, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.
The 痴补谤腻丑补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 is categorised as a Mah膩pur膩峁嘺, and was originally composed of 24,000 metrical verses, possibly originating from before the 10th century. It is composed of two parts and S奴ta is the main narrator.
: Google Books: The Purana Index惭耻苍颈诲别艣补 (啶啶ㄠた啶︵啶�):鈥擜 kingdom in the Krau帽ca-诲惫墨辫补. Also known as Munirde艣a (啶啶ㄠた啶班啶︵啶�).
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia惭耻苍颈诲别艣补 (啶啶ㄠた啶︵啶�).鈥擜 country in the island of Krau帽ca. (艢loka 22, Chapter 12, Bh墨峁a Parva).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index惭耻苍颈诲别艣补 (啶啶ㄠた啶︵啶�).鈥�(Munirde艣a)鈥攁 kingdom in the Krau帽ca诲惫墨辫补.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 14. 26; 19. 73; Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 122. 86; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 49. 67.
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
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭耻苍颈诲别艣补 (啶啶ㄠた啶︵啶�):鈥擺=尘耻苍颈-诲别艣补] [from muni] m. Name of a place, [Mah膩bh膩rata]
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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.
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Full-text: Krauncadvipa, Prakasha.
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Sapta诲惫墨辫补 (4): Krau帽ca诲惫墨辫补 < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Pur膩峁嘺]
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 9 - 艢膩lmalika, Krau帽ca, Ku艣a and Pu峁ara Dv墨pas and Their Mountains < [Section 3 - Svarga-kha峁囜笉a (section on the heavens)]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section XII < [Bhumi Parva]
Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 19 - Description of Plak峁 and other continents (诲惫墨辫补) < [Section 2 - Anu峁峁単a-p膩da]