Mahasahasrapramardani, Mahāsāhasrapramardanī: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāsahasrapramardanī (महासहस्रप्रमर्दनी):—[(ma sa + pra)] f. Nomen proprium einer derf ünf grossen Schutzgöttinnen bei den Buddhisten [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 24.] [SĀDHANAM 119.] pramardinī [WILSON, Sel. Works 2, 13.] pramardana n. Name eines buddhistischen Sūtra [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 42.]
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: Mahasahasra.
Full-text: Pancaraksha, Mahasahasrapramardana, Maharaksha, Pancarakshamandala, Raksha, Sahasra.
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