Cinapishta, Cīnapiṣṭa, Cina-pishta: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Cīnapiṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Cinapista or Cinapishta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chinapishta.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCīnapiṣṭa (चीनपिष्ट):—(cīna [1,a] + piṣṭa) n. Mennig [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1061.] Blei [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] cīnapiṣṭamaya [Kathāsaritsāgara 23, 85] hat wohl die Bed. aus Mennig bestehend, Mennig darstellend.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCīnapiṣṭa (चीनपिष्ट):—n. —
1) Mennig [Vikramāṅkadevacarita 14,68.] —
2) *Blei.
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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Starts with: Cinapishtamaya.
Full-text: Cinapishtamaya, Paripishtaka.
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