Bishkala, Biṣkalā: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Biṣkalā can be transliterated into English as Biskala or Bishkala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBiṣkalā (बिष्कला):—f. Bez. einer Gebärenden [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1, 11, 3.] Vielleicht mit baṣkaya und baṣkiha zu vergleichen. Nach [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] ist viṣkala m. Hausschwein (grāmyaśūkara), welches wegen seiner Fruchtbarkeit den Namen bahvapatya u. s. w. führt. Vgl. übrigens auch billasū .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBiṣkala (बिष्कल):——
1) *m. Hausschwein. —
2) f. ā Bez. , einer Gebärenden [Atharvaveda]
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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Full-text: Billasu.
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