Gunashraya, Guṇāśraya, Guna-ashraya: 7 definitions
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Gunashraya has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Guṇāśraya can be transliterated into English as Gunasraya or Gunashraya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGuṇāśraya (गुणाश्रय):—m. —
1) der Sitz der Eigenschaften , Stoff , Substanz [Amarakośa 3,4,156.] —
2) der Sitz von Vorzügen , so v.a. ein sehr tugendhafter Mann [150,11.]
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: Shraya, Ashraya, Guna.
Ends with: Ashtagunashraya.
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