Mahacanda, Mahācaṇḍa, Mahācanda, Mahācaṇḍā, Maha-canda: 10 definitions
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Mahacanda has 8 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Mahachanda.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahācaṇḍa (महाचण्ड):—[(ma + ca)]
1) m. Nomen proprium eines der zwei Diener Yama's [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 72.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 186.] eines Wesens im Gefolge des Śiva [VYĀḌI] beim Schol. zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 210.] —
2) f. ā Beiname der Cāmuṇḍā [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 60.] — Vgl. caṇḍa und caṇḍā .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahācaṇḍa (महाचण्ड):——
1) m. Nomen proprium — a) eines der zwei Diener Yama's. — b) eines Wesens im Gefolge Śiva's. —
2) f. ā Beiname der Cāmuṇdiā.
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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