द्वारका

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Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

द्वारका (dvārakā) stem?

  1. ‘many-gated’

Proper noun[edit]

द्वारका (dvārakā) stem?

  1. Dwarka (a city in Gujarat)
  2. Name of the capital of कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) (on the western point of Gujarat, supposed to have been submerged by the sea) MBh. Hariv. Pur. &c.

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References[edit]

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022), “द्वारका”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]