Brihatkalpa, Bṛhatkalpa: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bṛhatkalpa can be transliterated into English as Brhatkalpa or Brihatkalpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBṛhatkalpa (बृहत्कल्प):—[(bṛhant + ka)] m. Bez. eines Kalpa, in Brahman's Monat, der 7te Tag in der lichten Hälfte des Mondes [KRAMASAṂD.] (s. u. kalpa 2, d). der letzte Tag in der dunklen Hälfte des Monats [Oxforder Handschriften 52,a,4.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBṛhatkalpa (बृहत्कल्प):—m. ein best. Kalpa 2)h).
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: Brihat, Kalpa.
Starts with: Brihatkalpabhashya, Brihatkalpalata.
Full-text: Brihatkalpalata, Kalpa, Shaunda, Cheyasutta, Bhanumati, Dharmamurti, Yantrapratima, Jantapadima, Janta, Padima, Brihatkalpabhashya, Vasishtha.
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