Mahadamshtra, Mahādaṃṣṭrā, Mahadanshtra, Mahādaṃṣṭra, Maha-damshtra: 9 definitions
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Mahadamshtra has 7 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Mahādaṃṣṭrā and Mahādaṃṣṭra can be transliterated into English as Mahadamstra or Mahadamshtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahādaṃṣṭra (महादंष्ट्र):—[(ma + daṃṣṭrā)]
1) adj. grosse Spitzzähne habend: rākṣasa [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 50, 20. Śiva] [Mahābhārata 13, 1202. 1215.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Kathāsaritsāgara 39, 90.]
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Mahādaṃṣṭra (महादंष्ट्र):—
2) Nomen proprium eines Vidyādhara [Kathāsaritsāgara 108, 178.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahādaṃṣṭra (महादंष्ट्र):——
1) Adj. grosse Spitzzähne habend. —
2) m. Nomen proprium — a) eines Vidyādhara. — b) eines Mannes.
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: Damshtra, Maha.
Full-text: Padmaprabha, Karala.
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