Prishthaja, Pṛṣṭhaja, Prishtha-ja: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pṛṣṭhaja can be transliterated into English as Prsthaja or Prishthaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPṛṣṭhaja (पृष्ठज):—(pṛṣṭha + ja) m. eine Form des Skanda (auch als Sohn desselben aufgefasst) [Mahābhārata 1, 2588 (9, 2487] st. dessen pṛṣṭhataḥ). [Harivaṃśa 157.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 120.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPṛṣṭhaja (पृष्ठज):—m. Nomen proprium einer Form oder eines Sohnes des Skanda. Statt dessen wird [Mahābhārata 9,44,38.] (in allen drei Ausgaben) pṛṣṭhatas ( = paścāt [Nīlakaṇṭha] ) und [Harivaṃśa 1,3,44.] pṛṣṭhajāḥ ( = kṛmārānujāḥ [Nīlakaṇṭha] ) gelesen.
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: Prishtha, Ja.
Starts with: Prishthajaha.
Ends with: Jalaprishthaja, Paniyaprishthaja.
Full-text: Paniyaprishthaja, Prishtha, Shalyavittama, Udbhava, Samsparsha, Pamsu, Parshva, Prishthasamsparsha, Prishthasparsha, Vittama, Udara, Pamshulika, Prishthatas.
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