ताम्रपर्णी

{ tāmraparṇī }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

TĀMRAPARṆĪ   A holy river of Dakṣiṇa Kerala. Once the Devas did penance on the banks of this river to obtain salvation. [Śloka 14, Chapter 88, Vana Parva] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

ताम्र—पर्णी  f.  f. Rubia Munjista, [Npr.]

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ताम्र पर्णी

a kind of pond, [L.]
°र्णि    N. of a river (rising in Malaya; celebrated for its pearls; cf. [RTL. p.324]), [MBh. iii, 8340; vi, 252]; [Hariv.]; [VarBṛS.] (once metrically , [lxxxi, 2]), [Ragh. iv, 50]; [BhP. iv f.] &c.
वरणादी   ( g.) N. of a town in Ceylon, [W.]

Shabda-Sagara

ताम्रपर्णी  f.  ( -र्णी)
1. A large point or lake.
2. The name of a river in the peninsula, and of the district in its vicinity.