कलिङ्ग

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

कलिङ्ग • (kaliṅga) stemm

  1. (in the plural) name of a people and their country (the name is applied in the पुराणs to several places, but especially signifies a district on the Coromandel Coast, extending from below Cuttack (कटक (kaṭaka)) to the vicinity of Madras (मद्रास (madrāsa))
    Synonyms: ओड्र (oḍra), ओड्रदेश (oḍradeśa), उत्कल (utkala)
  2. an inhabitant of कलिङ्ग साह् (kaliṅga sāh)
  3. name of a king of कलिङ्ग (kaliṅga) (from whom the कलिङ्ग (kaliṅga) people are said to have originated; he is sometimes mentioned as a son of दीर्घतमस् (dīrghatamas) and सुदेष्णा (sudeṣṇā), sometimes identified with बलि (bali))

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