Damshana, Daṃśana, Daṃsana, Daṃsanā, Daṃsaṇa: 17 definitions
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Damshana has 15 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Daṃśana can be transliterated into English as Damsana or Damshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDaṃśana (दंशन):—(wie eben) n.
1) das Beissen, Biss [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 382.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 73.] ahibhiḥ [Mahābhārata 8, 4252.] sarpāṇām [14, 754.] daṣṭāśca daṃśanaiḥ kāntaṃ dāsīkurvanti yoṣitaḥ [Sāhityadarpana 53, 4.] —
2) Harnisch, Rüstung (vgl. daṃśa) [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 32.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 766,] [Scholiast] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Hārāvalī 72.] dhṛṣṭadyumnamahatvāhaṃ na vimokṣyāmi daṃśanam [Mahābhārata 8, 2848. 1, 564.] saṃnahyadhvam mahānti cārūṇi ca daṃśanāni [3, 15684.] abhedya [Devīmāhātmya 2, 27.]
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Daṃsana (दंसन):—
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDaṃśana (दंशन):—n. —
1) das Beissen , Biss. —
2) Harnisch , Rüstung. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā [Śiśupālavadha 17,21.]
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Daṃsana (दंसन):—n. und daṃsanā f. wunderbare That , — Wirkung , — Geschicklichkeit , Wunderkraft.
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: Damshanashini.
Ends with: Ashmadamshana, Jihvadamshana, Jihvasamdamshana, Samdamshana, Vajradamshana.
Full-text: Damsas, Darshana, Damsanavat, Dasana, Damsayitri, Vajradamshana, Damshi, Abhedya, Dandaka, Tampam, Dasma, Damsha.
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