Candrashala, Candraśālā, Candra-shala, Camdrashala: 13 definitions
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Candrashala has 11 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Candraśālā can be transliterated into English as Candrasala or Candrashala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chandrashala.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCandraśālā (चन्द्रशाला):—(ca + śālā) f.
1) Zimmer auf dem Dache eines Hauses [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 995.] [Hārāvalī 121.] [Raghuvaṃśa 13, 40.] tricandraśālā bhavedvalabhī [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 55 (54), 25. 27.] —
2) Mondschein [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 87.] Eher ist anzunehmen, dass candrikā die Bed. von candraśālā [1.] habe.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCandraśālā (चन्द्रशाला):—f. —
1) ein Zimmer auf dem Dache eines Hauses. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. —
2) *Mondschein.
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: Shala, Candra, Cala.
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