कंसपुरी kanspurī

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

City of Kans.

Usual translation

  1. land of Kans

Origin of the definition

कंस kaṅs (sanskrit)

Kansa was a Chandravanshi Yadav king for Madhura kingdom. He was the maternal uncle of Śhrī Kr̥iṣhṇa. Out of fear of death, he kept his own sister, Devaki in prison and kept killing their children. The eighth child was Śhrī Kr̥iṣhṇa.

पुरी purī (sanskrit)

City, town.
Abode, habitation; palace; the body.
The city of Purī in Orissa (the head-quarters of the worship of Jagannāth).

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Created
Saturday 26 June 2021
Updated
Tuesday 11 February 2025