Mahaskandha, Mahāskandha, Maha-skandha: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāskandha (महास्कन्ध):—[(ma + ska)]
1) adj. grosse —, hohe Schultern habend: mahāpṛṣṭhagalaskandha [Hiḍimbavadha 2, 4.] —
2) f. ā Eugenia Jambolana Lam. (einen starken Stamm habend) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāskandhā (महास्कन्धा):—f. Eugenia Jambolana [Rājan 11,24.]
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: Maha, Skandha.
Full-text: Mahaskandhin, Viryacarya.
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