Diviratha: 5 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) Diviratha (啶︵た啶掂た啶班ぅ).鈥擜 King born in Bharata鈥檚 dynasty. He was the grandson of Bharata and the son of Bhumanya. (Mah膩bh膩rata 膧di Parva, Chapter 94, Verse 24).
2) Diviratha (啶︵た啶掂た啶班ぅ).鈥擜 king. He was the son of Dadhiv膩hana. In the course of Para艣ur膩ma鈥檚 extermination of K峁triyas, the sage Gautama rescued a son of Diviratha and gave shelter to him. (Mah膩bh膩rata 艢膩nti Parva, Chapter 49, Verse 80
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Diviratha (啶︵た啶掂た啶班ぅ).鈥擳he son of Khanap膩na (Anap膩na Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 and Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺) and father of Dharmaratha.*
- * Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 IX. 23. 6-7; Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 III. 74. 103; Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 IV. 18. 15; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 99. 101.
1b) The son of Dadhiv膩hana; his son was Vidvan Dharmaratha.*
- * Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 48. 92.
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 DictionaryDiviratha (啶︵た啶掂た啶班ぅ):鈥擺=divi-ratha] [from divi > div] m. Name of several men ([varia lectio] diva-), [Mah膩bh膩rata; Hariva峁兣沘; Pur膩峁嘺]
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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: Dharmaratha, Khanapana, Dadhivahana, Divaratha, Anapana, Pushkarini, Bhumanyu, Para.
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Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 2.1l - The Anva Dynasty < [Chapter 3 - Historical aspects in the Matsyapur膩峁嘺]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Lineages of Anu < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Pur膩峁嘺]
Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)
Vishnu Purana (Taylor) (by McComas Taylor)
Chapter 18 - Yay膩ti鈥檚 son Anu < [Book Four: The Royal Dynasties]
Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 23 - The History of the Dynasties of Anu, Druhyu, Turvasu and Yadu < [Book 9 - Ninth Skandha]