Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“sin”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 788 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“sin”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
कश्मीर · masculine
Kashmir (a contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China)
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कश्मीर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra), which is probably a contraction of कश्यपमीर (kaśyapamīra) or कश्यपमेरु (kaśyapameru).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kaśmīra m. pl. (ifc. f(ā). ; √ kaś ? perhaps contraction of kaśyapa-mīra; cf. Rājat. i, 25; R. i, 70, 19), N. of a country and of the people inhabiting it (cf. kāśmīra) g. bhargādi, Pāṇ. iv, 1, 178
saṅkāśādi, iv, 2, 80
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Kashmir (a contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China) (a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कश्मीर; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
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