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Results for कावेरी

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कावेरीkāverī1 N. of a river in the south of India; कावेरीं सरितां पत्युः शङ्कनीयामिवाकरोत् R.4.45.
1. 1 Name of a river in the south of India; कावेरीं सरितां पत्युः शङ्कनीयामिवाकरोत् R.4.45.
2. A harlot, courtezan.
3. Turmeric.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कावेरीkāverīf. turmeric L.
1. feminine turmeric Lexicographers
2. feminine a courtezan, harlot Lexicographers
3. feminine Name of a river in the Dekhan (according to to a legend [Hariv. 1421 feminine, 1761 feminine] daughter of Yuvana7s3va युवना*श्व and wife of Jahnu जह्नु, changed by her father's curse from one half of the Gan3ga1 गङ्गा into the river Ka1veri1 कावेरी, therefore also called Ardha-gan3ga1 अर्ध-गङ्गा or -ja1hnavi1) MBh. Hariv. R. etc.
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वृद्धकावेरीvṛddhakāverīf. N. of a river

feminine Name of a river

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वृद्धकावेरीमाहात्म्यvṛddhakāverīmāhātmyan. N. of wk.

neuter gender Name of work

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