Krishnajanmashtami, Kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamī, Krishna-janmashtami: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamī can be transliterated into English as Krsnajanmastami or Krishnajanmashtami, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamī (कृष्णजन्माष्टमी):—Bez. eines best. 8ten Tages, Kṛṣṇa’s Geburtstages, [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1197.] [Oxforder Handschriften 14,b,29.] = janmāṣṭamī .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamī (कृष्णजन्माष्टमी):—f. ein best. achter Tag , Kṛṣṇa’s Geburtstag.
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: Janmashtami, Krishna.
Starts with: Krishnajanmashtamivrata, Krishnajanmashtamivratakatha.
Full-text: Krishna Janmashtami, Krishnashtami, Krishnashtamirata, Radhajanmashtami.
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