Etymology

Dandakaranya

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Today it means: A vast, historic forest region described in the Ramayana where Rāma, Sita, and Lakshmana spent a major portion of their fourteen-year exile. Full definition →

Sanskrit दण्डकारण्य
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromदण्डकारण्य
  2. English todayDandakaranya

Borrowed from Sanskrit दण्डकारण्य (daṇḍakāraṇya).

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