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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yamakoṭi (यमकोटि) or Yamakoṭī (यमकोटी).—Name of a mythical town to the east of Laṅkā लङ्का कुमध्ये यमकोटिरस्याः (laṅkā kumadhye yamakoṭirasyāḥ) Siddhāntaśiromaṇi.

Derivable forms: yamakoṭiḥ (यमकोटिः).

Yamakoṭi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yama and koṭi (कोटि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Yamakoṭi (यमकोटि):—[=yama-koṭi] [from yama > yam] f. Name of a mythical town (fabled as situated 90 degrees east of the meridian of Laṅkā; also ṭi-pattana n. ṭi-purī f.), [Viṣṇu-purāṇa; Sūryasiddhānta etc.] (cf. yava-koṭi).

2) Yamakoṭī (यमकोटी):—[=yama-koṭī] [from yama > yam] f. Name of a mythical town (fabled as situated 90 degrees east of the meridian of Laṅkā; also ṭi-pattana n. ṭi-purī f.), [Viṣṇu-purāṇa; Sūryasiddhānta etc.] (cf. yava-koṭi).

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Yamakoti in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Yama, Koti.

Starts with: Yamakotipattana, Yamakotipuri.

Full-text: Yamakotipattana, Yamakotipuri, Yavakoti.

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