Kshitinaga, Kṣitināga: 6 definitions

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Kshitinaga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Kshitinaga has 4 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Kṣitināga can be transliterated into English as Ksitinaga or Kshitinaga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[Deutsch Wörterbuch]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Kṣitināga (क्षितिनाग):—(1. kṣiti + nāga) m. eine Art Schnecke (bhūnāga) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] Nach [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] bed. dieses Wort, so wie kṣitija, kṣitijantu und bhūnāga, Regenwurm; da aber kṣitināga zu den uparasa gezählt wird, ist wohl eher eine Schnecke oder vielmehr deren kalkartiges Haus gemeint. [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] u. d. Wort bhūnāga zählt folgende Eigenschaften auf: vajrasārakatvam, nānāvijñānakārakatvam, rasajāraṇatvam, tatsattvasya (des darin lebenden Thieres) viṣāpahatvam .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Kṣitināga (क्षितिनाग):—m. eine Art Schnecke [Rājan 13,56.]

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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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