Meghasvara, Meghasvarā, Megha-svara: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMeghasvara (मेघस्वर):—[(megha + svara)] m. Nomen proprium eines Buddha [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 5, 20.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 113.] rāja m. desgl. ebend.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMeghasvara (मेघस्वर):—und rāja m. Nomen proprium zweier Buddha.
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: Megha, Svara.
Starts with: Meghasvaradipa, Meghasvararaja.
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Chapter XV - The eighth Bhūmi < [Volume I]
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A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)