Kshatrapa, Kṣatrapa, Kshatra-pa: 8 definitions
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Kshatrapa has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Kṣatrapa can be transliterated into English as Ksatrapa or Kshatrapa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kshatrap.
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[Deutsch Wörterbuch]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKṣatrapa (क्षत्रप):—(kṣatra + pa) m. Satrap, auf Münzen [ Kunde des Morgenlandes 3, 161. 4, 186. 200.]
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Kṣatrapa (क्षत्रप):—vgl. mahā .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKṣatrapa (क्षत्रप):—m. Satrap.
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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Starts with: Kshatrapati.
Ends with: Mahakshatrapa, Nakshatrapa.
Full-text (+1): Mahakshatrapa, Kshatrap, Barnasa, Iba, Dahanuka, Tapi, Damana, Parada, Nava, Karabena, Satrap, Khshathrapavan, Sertip, Junagadh, Shalivahana, Candramsha, Ramacandra, Arjunayana, Sadacandra, Vamacandra.
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