कलिङ्ग

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कलिङ्ग (kaliṅga) stemm

  1. (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 to the vicinity of Madras)
    Synonyms: ओड्र (oḍra), ओड्रदेश (oḍradeśa), उत्कल (utkala)
  2. an inhabitant of कलिङ्ग Sāh
  3. 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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