Caitya-shaila, Caitya-śaila, Caityashaila: 4 definitions
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Caitya-shaila means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Caitya-shaila has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Caitya-śaila can be transliterated into English as Caitya-saila or Caitya-shaila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chaityashaila.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCaityaśaila (चैत्यशैल):—m. pl. Bez. einer buddhistischen Schule [WASSILJEW 228.] — Vgl. caitika .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCaityaśaila (चैत्यशैल):—m. Pl. Nomen proprium einer buddh. Schule.
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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