Danashila, Dānasīla, Dana-sila, Danasila, Dānaśīla, Dana-shila: 15 definitions
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Danashila has 13 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Dānaśīla can be transliterated into English as Danasila or Danashila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDānaśīla (दानशील):—(1. dāna + śīla)
1) adj. freigebig, mildthätig [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 351.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 48.] [Mahābhārata 5, 4082.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines der Uebersetzer des Lalitavistara in’s Tibetische [Rgva tch’er rol pa 408]; vgl. [WASSILJEW 268.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDānaśīla (दानशील):——
1) Adj. freigebig , mildthätig. —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes.
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: Shila, Dana, Cila, Tana.
Starts with: Danashilatapabhavanakulaka, Danashilate.
Ends with: Abhivadanashila, Kridanashila, Samvadanashila, Samvedanashila, Satyavadanashila, Utpadanashila, Vandanashila.
Full-text: Paramita, Kiriya Sutta, Dana, Shakyaprabha, Danashaunda, Danashura, Rajadhamma, Dhvajagrakeyuradharani, Maya, Ugga, Punna, Shila, Bodhi.
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