Paravataksha, Pārāvatākṣa: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pārāvatākṣa can be transliterated into English as Paravataksa or Paravataksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPārāvatākṣa (पारावताक्ष):—[(pārāvata + akṣa] Auge) m. Nomen proprium eines Schlangendämons [Kathāsaritsāgara 70, 60.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPārāvatākṣa (पारावताक्ष):—m. Nomen proprium eines Schlangendämons.
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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