Mekalakanya
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Mekalakanya (मेकलकन्य) is epithets of the river Narmadā. Mekala mountain is the source of the Narmada River]] hence name meaning 'the daughter of Mekala'.
Origin
Variants
- Mekalakanyaka मेकलकन्यका (AS, p.756)
- Mekalakanya मेकलकन्या (AS, p.756)
- Mekalasuta मेकलसुता (AS, p.756)
- Mekalakanyakā,
- Mekala-kanyaka
History
Mekalakanyakā (मेकलकन्यका).—epithets of the river Narmadā रेवेन्दुजा पूर्वगङ्गा नर्मदा मेकलाद्रिजा (revendujā pūrvagaṅgā narmadā mekalādrijā) Abh. Chin.183.https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/mekalakanyaka
(-kā) The Narmada river. E. mekala or mekhala the name of a Rishi the supposed father, or of a mountain, the source of the stream, and kanyakā daughter; hence also mekhakakanyakā.[1]
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary
मेकलकन्यका, मेकलकन्या, मेकलसुता
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[2] ने लेख किया है .... मेकलकन्यका, मेकलकन्या, मेकलसुता (AS, p.756):
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