Padmashekhara, Padmaśekhara: 5 definitions
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Padmashekhara has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Padmaśekhara can be transliterated into English as Padmasekhara or Padmashekhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPadmaśekhara (पद्मशेखर):—m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten der Gandharva [Kathāsaritsāgara 115, 25.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPadmaśekhara (पद्मशेखर):—m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten der Gandharva.
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: Sekhara, Padma.
Full-text: Kuvalayavali, Candraketu, Manoharika, Devaprabha, Padmavati.
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