Rakshasi, Rakṣasī, Rākṣasī, Rākṣasin, Rakshashi, Rakshashin: 17 definitions
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Rakshasi has 17 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Rakṣasī and Rākṣasī and Rākṣasin can be transliterated into English as Raksasi or Rakshasi or Raksasin or Rakshasin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungRākṣasī (राक्षसी):—1. Adj. und Subst. f. s. rākṣasa 1)3).
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Rākṣasī (राक्षसी):—2. Adv. —
1) mit kar in einen Rākṣasa verwandeln. —
2) mit bhū in einen Rākṣasa verwandelt werden.
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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Starts with (+6): Rakshasi Avatara, Rakshasi Bhasha, Rakshasi Daulata, Rakshasi Dhanya, Rakshasi Hada, Rakshasi Jhompa, Rakshasi Maya, Rakshasi Muluka, Rakshasi Pika, Rakshasi Sampatti, Rakshasi Upaya, Rakshasi Vela, Rakshasi Vidya, Rakshasi-hada, Rakshasi-upaya, Rakshasi-vivaha, Rakshasibhu, Rakshasibhuta, Rakshasidvipa, Rakshasikarana.
Ends with: Amarakshasi, Apetarakshasi, Apretarakshasi, Balarakshasi, Brahmarakshasi, Jalarakshasi, Manurakshasi, Manusharakshasi, Nararakshasi, Paparakshasi, Pretarakshasi, Rajanirakshasi.
Full-text (+258): Holika, Malakutadanti, Ghatotkaca, Jambhala, Pushpotkata, Rajanirakshasi, Ajihvika, Dundha, Tadaka, Apetarakshasi, Bhukesha, Pretarakshasi, Haricandra, Rakasi, Jalarakshasi, Karbara, Lamvasata, Nirrita, Kunti, Apretarakshasi.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 3.10.8 < [Chapter 10 - The Glory of Śrī Girirāja]
Verse 1.13.29 < [Chapter 13 - The Liberation of Pūtanā]
Verse 5.11.2 < [Chapter 11 - The Stories of Kubjā and Kuvalayāpīḍa]
The Practice Manual of Noble Tārā Kurukullā (by Dharmachakra Translation Committee)
Chapter 6 < [Appendix - Sanskrit Text]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 30 - The greatness of the Jyotirliṅga Nāgeśvara < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
Chapter 29 - The havoc of the Rākṣasas of Dārukāvana < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 1 - Country of Sang-kia-lo (Simhala) < [Book XI - Twenty-three Countries]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.4.237 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)