Mahatyagin, Mahātyāgin, Maha-tyagin: 5 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahātyāgin (महात्यागिन्):—[(ma + tyā)] adj. überaus aufopfernd, freigebig; als Beiw. Śiva’s [Śivanāmasahasra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahātyāgin (महात्यागिन्):—Adj. überaus freigebig (Śiva).
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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