Devakashtha, Devakāṣṭha, Deva-kashtha: 8 definitions
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Devakashtha has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Devakāṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Devakastha or Devakashtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDevakāṣṭha (देवकाष्ठ):—(deva + kā) n. = devadāru [Ratnamālā 72.] eine besondere Art des devadāru [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma -] [Suśruta 2, 357, 1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDevakāṣṭha (देवकाष्ठ):—n. Pinus Deodora oder eine andere Species.
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: Kashtha, Deva, Teva.
Full-text: Surakashtha, Sukashthaka, Asnigdhadaru, Devadaru.
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