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(fr. vīra-sena) patr. of Nala nala Naish. 130635 1025,2 207589"],"dictionaries":["mw"],"basis":"Other","textCount":0},{"slug":"varsneyah","headword":"vārṣṇeyaḥ","definitions":["[apte] 1 A descendant of Vṛ- shṇi. --2 Particularly Kṛṣṇa. --3 N. of the charioteer of Nala."],"dictionaries":["apte"],"basis":"Other","textCount":0},{"slug":"vidarbha","headword":"vidarbha","definitions":["[apte] The modern Berār, a great kingdom in ancient times lying to the north of Kuntala and extending from the banks of the Kṛṣṇā to about the banks of [Page1196-a+ 38] the Narmadā. On account of its great size, the country was also called ‘Mahārāshṭra’; cf. B. R. 10. 74. Kuṇḍinapura, also called Vidarbhā, was its ancient capital, which probably stands for the modern Beder. 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It applies to all compounds in general. The word अनक्षे qualifies धुर्, as it cannot qualify the words ऋक् &c.\\n\\nThus अनृचः बह्वृचः,अर्द्धर्चः, pur: as, ललाटपुरम्, नान्दीपुरम् ॥ ap as, द्वीपम् = (द्विर्गता आपो यस्म"}],"wordCount":36}

√nala नल