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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कनिष्क (kaniṣka), from Bactrian Κανηϸκι (Kanēški).
Proper noun
Kanishka
- An emperor of the Kushan dynasty, who reigned from c. 127−150 CE.
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