Nirvanatantra, Nirvāṇatantra, Nirvana-tantra: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNirvāṇatantra (निर्वाणतन्त्र):—s. bṛhannirvāṇatantra und mahā .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNirvāṇatantra (निर्वाणतन्त्र):—n. in bṛhanni und mahā.
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: Nirvana, Tantra.
Ends with: Brihannirvanatantra, Brihonirvanatantra, Mahanirvanatantra.
Full-text: Brihannirvanatantra, Mahanirvanatantra, Brihonirvanatantra.
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