Purvadakshina, Pūrvadakṣiṇā, Purva-dakshina, Pūrvadakṣiṇa: 7 definitions
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Purvadakshina has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Pūrvadakṣiṇā and Pūrvadakṣiṇa can be transliterated into English as Purvadaksina or Purvadakshina, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPūrvadakṣiṇa (पूर्वदक्षिण):—(pūrva + da) adj. südöstlich [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 191.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 3, 7, 2. 8, 5, 15. 17, 1, 15. 10, 4.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 58, 19. fg.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPūrvadakṣiṇa (पूर्वदक्षिण):—Adj. (f. ā) südöstlich.
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: Dakshina, Purva.
Full-text: Vidish, Purimadakkhina, Dish, Paksha.
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