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Results for शन्तनु

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Apte Dictionary

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

शन्तनुśantanuN. of a king of the lunar race. He married Gaṅgā and Satyavatī by the former wife he had a son named Bhīṣma…

Name of a king of the lunar race. He married Gaṅgā and Satyavatī by the former wife he had a son named Bhīṣma, and by the latter Chītrāṅgada and Vichitravīrya. Bhīṣma remained a celibate all his life, and his younger brothers died childless; Compare भीष्म.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शन्तनुśantanuशन्तम &c. see शं-तनु, श्/अंतम, p. 1054, col. 3 .

शन्तम etc. see शं-तनु, श्/अंतम, page and participle 1054, column 3 .

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