Mahasara, Mahāsara, Mahāsarā, Mahāsāra, Maha-sara, Mahashara: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāśara (महाशर):—[(ma + śara)] m. eine best. Rohrart (sthūlaśara) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Mahāsāra (महासार):—[(ma + sāra)]
1) adj. stark, kräftig: kārmuka [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 100, 19.] prasava [Mālavikāgnimitra 14.] —
2) m. ein der Acacia Catechu Willd. verwandter Baum [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) n. Nomen proprium einer Stadt [Hiouen-Thsang 1, 381]; die Form des Wortes steht nicht sicher.
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Mahāsāra (महासार):—
1) vikramaiḥ nānāśastramahāsāraiḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 29, 5.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāśara (महाशर):—m. eine Art Rohr [Rājan 8,83.]
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Mahāsāra (महासार):——
1) Adj. — a) fest , stark , kräftig. — b) werthvoll , kostbar. —
2) *m. ein der Acacia Catechu verwandter Baum [Rājan 8,28.] —
3) *n. Nomen proprium einer Stadt.
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: Sara, Maha, Cara.
Starts with: Mahasara Jataka, Mahasarappakasini, Mahasarasvati, Mahasarasvatidvadashanamastotra, Mahasarasvatistavaraja, Mahasarasvatistotra, Mahasarasvatisukta, Mahasarathi.
Ends with: Pitamahasara.
Full-text: Pitamahasaras, Rathakara, Kannamunda, Mahasara Jataka, Sara, Kusha, Revata, Mahant.
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CLII < [Apaddharmanusasana Parva]
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 2 - Country of Chen-chu (Ghazipur) < [Book VII - Five Countries]
Vastu-shastra (4): Palace Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 157: Guṇa-jātaka < [Book II - Dukanipāta]
Jataka 92: Mahāsāra-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Appendix 1.6: New and rare words < [Appendices]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
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