Kurmaprishtha, Kūrmapṛṣṭha, Kurma-prishtha: 5 definitions
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Kurmaprishtha has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Kūrmapṛṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Kurmaprstha or Kurmaprishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKūrmapṛṣṭha (कूर्मपृष्ठ):—1. (kūrma + pṛṣṭha) n. der Rücken einer Schildkröte: kūrmapṛṣṭhonnata [Indralokāgamana 5, 12.] [Tantrasāra im Śabdakalpadruma] (s. u. kūrma [3.]).
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Kūrmapṛṣṭha (कूर्मपृष्ठ):—2. (wie eben) m. Kugelamaranth (s. amlāna) [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Kūrmapṛṣṭha (कूर्मपृष्ठ):—2. m. Nomen proprium eines Yakṣa [Oxforder Handschriften 18,b,38.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKūrmapṛṣṭha (कूर्मपृष्ठ):—1. n. der Rücken eine Schildkröte.
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Kūrmapṛṣṭha (कूर्मपृष्ठ):—2. m. —
1) *Kugelamaranth. —
2) Nomen proprium eines Yakṣa.
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: Prishtha, Kurma.
Starts with: Kurmaprishthaka, Kurmaprishthavatkathina.
Full-text: Kurmaprishthaka, Kurmaprishthonnata, Pralaya.
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