Kapilashashthi, Kapilāṣaṣṭhī: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kapilāṣaṣṭhī can be transliterated into English as Kapilasasthi or Kapilashashthi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKapilāṣaṣṭhī (कपिलाषष्ठी):—f. Bez. des 6ten Tages in der dunklen Hälfte des Bhādrapada [Oxforder Handschriften 284,b,40.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shashthi, Kapila.
Starts with: Kapilashashthica-yoga, Kapilashashthivrata, Kapilashashthivratavidhi, Kapilashashthiyoga.
Full-text: Kapilacatti.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 343 - Importance of (Observing the Vow of) Kapilā-Ṣaṣṭhī < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]