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Where does “वृन्दावन” come from?

वृन्दावन (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit वन, from Proto-Indo-European wen- — to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...

वृन्दावन (Sanskrit): ‘ राधा's forest’, a wood near the town गोकुल in...

Definitions

  1. ‘ राधा's forest’, a wood near the town गोकुल in...

Ancestry of “वृन्दावन”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवनa tree; a forest, wood, grove, thicket, quantity...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwen-to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...

Words derived from “वृन्दावन”

  • బృందావనము
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