Brihatparashara, Bṛhatparāśara, Brihat-parashara: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bṛhatparāśara can be transliterated into English as Brhatparasara or Brihatparashara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBṛhatparāśara (बृहत्पराशर):—m. der ausführliche (bṛhant) Parāśara (Gesetzgeber) [Colebrooke] [?I,108. Oxforder Handschriften 278,b,25. Weber’s Indische Studien.1,467.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBṛhatparāśara (बृहत्पराशर):—m. der ausführliche Parāśara.
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, Parashara.
Starts with: Brihat-parashara-hora-shastra, Brihatparasharasara.
Full-text: Laghuparashara, Brihat-parashara-hora-shastra, Parasharasmriti, Jataka Parijata, Parashara.
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