Prishtharakshana, Pṛṣṭharakṣaṇa, Prishtha-rakshana: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pṛṣṭharakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Prstharaksana or Prishtharakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPṛṣṭharakṣaṇa (पृष्ठरक्षण):—(pṛṣṭha + ra) n. das Schützen des Rückens: sā (saṃjñā vaḍavārūpadhāriṇī) ca dṛṣṭvā tamāyāntaṃ (bhānumaśvarūpam) parapuṃso viśaṅkayā . jagāma saṃmukhaṃ tasya pṛṣṭharakṣaṇatatparā (befürchtend, er möchte sie bespringen) || [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 78, 22] [?= 108, 8.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPṛṣṭharakṣaṇa (पृष्ठरक्षण):—n. das Schützen des Rückens.
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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