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कलिङ्ग • (kaliṅga) stem, m
- (in the plural) name of a people and their country (the name 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 (मद्रास)
- Synonyms: ओड्र (oḍra), ओड्रदेश (oḍradeśa), उत्कल (utkala)
- an inhabitant of कलिङ्ग साह्
- name 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)
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