Dvijashreshtha, Dvijaśreṣṭha: 5 definitions
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Dvijashreshtha has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Dvijaśreṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Dvijasrestha or Dvijashreshtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDvijaśreṣṭha (द्विजश्रेष्ठ):—(dvija + śreṣṭha) m. der Beste unter den Zweimalgeborenen, ein Brahman [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 53, 22.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDvijaśreṣṭha (द्विजश्रेष्ठ):—m. ein Brahman [47,8.]
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: Shreshtha, Dvija.
Full-text: Lobha, Dvijottama, Dvijendra, Tatpara, Dvija.
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