Catuhshashti, Catuḥṣaṣṭi, Catur-shashti: 11 definitions
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Catuhshashti has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Catuḥṣaṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Catuhsasti or Catuhshashti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chatuhshashti.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCatuḥṣaṣṭi (चतुःषष्टि):—(ca + ṣa) f.
1) [?64 Medinīkoṣa ṭ. 62. Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 5. Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 338. Harivaṃśa 6668. Rāmāyaṇa 4, 43, 36.] —
2) der aus 64 Adhyāya bestehende Ṛgveda [Medinīkoṣa] —
3) die 64 Künste (s. kalā [11.]) [Medinīkoṣa] viśārada [Mahābhārata 2, 2068.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCatuḥṣaṣṭi (चतुःषष्टि):—f. —
1) vierundsechzig. —
2) die 64 Künste. —
3) *der Ṛgveda.
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: Shashti, Catuh, Catur.
Starts with: Catuhshashtika, Catuhshashtikala, Catuhshashtikalagama, Catuhshashtikalashastra, Catuhshashtipratishtha, Catuhshashtitama.
Full-text: Pancalika, Catuhshashtikalashastra, Catuhshashtikalagama, Catuhshashtika, Catuhshashtitama, Catuhshashtyanga, Catuhshashta, Dvapara, Ekavimshatisthanaka, Shadashiti, Adhaka, Hina.
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