Asurarakshasa, Asurarakṣasa: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Asurarakṣasa can be transliterated into English as Asuraraksasa or Asurarakshasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAsurarakṣasa (असुररक्षस):—(von a + rakṣas) n. pl. Asura und Rakṣas: devā ha vai yajñaṃ tanvānāste surarakṣasebhya āsaṅgādbibhayāṃ cakruḥ [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 2, 1, 6. 3, 1, 5. 6, 1, 11] und sonst. — sg. ein dämonisches Wesen, welches an den Eigenschaften beider Klassen theilnimmt [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 2, 4, 17. 4, 1, 34. 3, 5, 1, 21. 4, 2, 1, 4. 6, 8, 1, 14.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAsurarakṣasa (असुररक्षस):—n. —
1) Sg. ein dämonisches Wesen , das sowohl ein Asura als auch ein Rakṣas ist. —
2) Pl. Asura und Rakṣas.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Rakshasa, Asura.
Ends with: Sadevasurarakshasa.
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