Pashughna, Paśughna, Pashu-ghna: 5 definitions
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Pashughna has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Paśughna can be transliterated into English as Pasughna or Pashughna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPaśughna (पशुघ्न):—(pa + ghna) adj. Vieh tödtend [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 38.] f. ī [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 11.]
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Paśughna (पशुघ्न):—[Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 1, 4.] grāmyāraṇyapaśughnatva [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 355.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPaśughna (पशुघ्न):—Adj. Vieh tödtend. grāmpāraṇyapaśudhnatva n. das Tödten von Zahmen und wilden Thieren.
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: Pashu, Ghna, Pacu.
Starts with: Pashughnatva.
Ends with: Vrithapashughna.
Full-text: Vrithapashughna, Pashughnatva, Apashuc.
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