Kshvedana, Kṣveḍana: 7 definitions

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Kshvedana 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.

Kshvedana has 5 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Kṣveḍana can be transliterated into English as Ksvedana or Kshvedana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Kṣveḍana (क्ष्वेडन):—(von 1. kṣviḍ) n. das Brummen, Sausen: niśvāsakṣveḍana [Mahābhārata 3, 12388.] ūṣmaṇām die sausende Aussprache der Sibilanten [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 14, 6.] Vgl. [Kullūka] u. l. kṣviḍ .

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Kṣveḍana (क्ष्वेडन):—, [Mahābhārata 3, 12389] (so ist zu lesen) hat die ed. Bomb. richtig kṣveḍanādena st. kṣveḍanādeva; kṣveḍa hat hier die Bed. Gift.

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

Kṣveḍana (क्ष्वेडन):—n. das Sausen. ūṣmaṇām der sausende Klang der Sibilanten.

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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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