Written by London swaminathan

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Date:19 JANUARY 2019

GMT Time uploaded in London – 6-57 am
Post No. 5955
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1.King in Sanskrit; very common masculine name from Kashmir to Kandy

4.Snake in Sanskrit; Kalidasa mentioned a town with this name in Raghuvamsa as the capital of Pandyas, where he meant Madurai whichisknown as Alavay, Halasya (snake town)

5. Vedic Goddess Dawn; very common feminine name

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2. Name of sky, a surface to air  missile in Indian army

3. Water in Vedas; Brahmins use this word in everyday Sandhya Vandana ritual

4. Manu’s son, Thigh in Sanskrit; word used in the famous anecdote in  Bhasa’s drama and Mahabharata where Duryodhana’s thigh was broken.

–Subham–