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Results for वासवी

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Apte Dictionary

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

वासवीvāsavīN. of the mother of Vyāsa; जातः पराशराद्योगी वासव्यां कलया हरेः Bhāg.1.4.14.

Name of the mother of Vyāsa; जातः पराशराद्योगी वासव्यां कलया हरेः Bhāg.1.4.14.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वासवीvāsavīf. patr. of the mother of Vya1sa व्यास (she was the offspring of the Apsaras अप्सरस् Adrika1 अद्रिका, who as a…

feminine patronymic of the mother of Vya1sa व्यास (she was the offspring of the Apsaras अप्सरस् Adrika1 अद्रिका, who as a fish had swallowed the seed of king Vasu वसु) MBh. BhP.

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