Hiranyashthiva, Hiraṇyaṣṭhīva: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Hiraṇyaṣṭhīva can be transliterated into English as Hiranyasthiva or Hiranyashthiva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchHiraṇyaṣṭhīva (हिरण्यष्ठीव):—m. Nomen proprium eines Berges (Gold speiend) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 20, 4.]
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: Shthiva, Hiranya.
Full-text: Shthiva.
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