Dvadashamshaka, Dvādaśāṃśaka, Dvadasha-amshaka: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dvādaśāṃśaka can be transliterated into English as Dvadasamsaka or Dvadashamshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDvādaśāṃśaka (द्वादशांशक):—[(dvādaśan + aṃśa)] m. der zwölfte Theil, insbes. eines Sternbildes, eines astrologischen Hauses [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 199.] — Vgl. navāṃśa, navāṃśaka .
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: Amshaka, Dvadasha.
Full-text: Dvadashabhaga, Ceshta, Dish, Sthana, Ceta, Trimshadbhaga, Drekkana, Navamshaka, Abala, Trimshamshaka, Navabhaga, Kala, Bala, Hora, Varga.
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