कलिङ्ग

Sanskrit

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Noun

कलिङ्ग (kaliṅga) m

  1. (plural) N. of a people and their country (the N. is applied in the पुराणs to several places, but especially signifies a district on the Coromandel coast, extending from below Cuttack [ कटक] to the vicinity of Madras).
  2. an inhabitant of कलिङ्ग Sāh.
  3. N. of a king of कलिङ्ग (from whom the कलिङ्ग people are said to have originated ; he is sometimes mentioned as a son of दीर्घतमस् and सुदेष्णा, sometimes identified with बलि)

Descendants

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