Nakshatrakalpa, Nakṣatrakalpa: 6 definitions
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Nakshatrakalpa has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Nakṣatrakalpa can be transliterated into English as Naksatrakalpa or Nakshatrakalpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNakṣatrakalpa (नक्षत्रकल्प):—(na + ka) m. Titel eines zum [Atharvavedasaṃhitā] gehörigen Pariśiṣṭa über die Mondstationen [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 364. 366.] [Weber’s Indische Studien.3,279.] [Vāyupurāṇa] in [Oxforder Handschriften 55,b. 38.]
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Nakṣatrakalpa (नक्षत्रकल्प):—[Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 7, 4.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNakṣatrakalpa (नक्षत्रकल्प):—m. Titel eines Pariśiṣṭa des Av.
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: Nakshatra, Kalpa.
Full-text: Munjikesha, Vedakalpa, Shantikalpa, Samhitakalpa, Shakadhuma, Angirasakalpa, Ardra, Atharva, Nakshatra.
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