HASTINAPURA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hastinapura mean? 

• HASTINAPURA (noun)
  The noun HASTINAPURA has 1 sense:

1. one of two classical Hindu epics; a great collection of poetry worked into and around a central heroic narrative (eight times as large as the Iliad and Odyssey combined)

  Familiarity information: HASTINAPURA used as a noun is very rare.

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• HASTINAPURA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two classical Hindu epics; a great collection of poetry worked into and around a central heroic narrative (eight times as large as the Iliad and Odyssey combined)

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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Hastinapura" is a kind of...):

Sanskrit literature (Hindu literature written in Sanskrit)