Saketa, Sāketa: 19 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSaketa (सकेत):—(2. sa + keta)
1) adj. von einer Absicht durchdrungen [Ṛgveda 6, 9, 5.] —
2) m. angeblich Nomen proprium eines Āditya [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 1, 5, 3, 3.]
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Sāketa (साकेत):—
1) n. Bez. Ayodhyā's [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 1, 12.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 975.] [Patañjali] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 5, 151. fgg.] mithile [Pariśiṣṭa des Atharvaveda] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 93 (56).] [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 38, 34.] [Raghuvaṃśa 5, 31. 13, 79. 14, 13. 18, 35.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14, 4.] —
2) m. pl. die Bewohner von Ayodhyā [Oxforder Handschriften 217,b,22.]
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: Keta, Ca, Sha.
Starts with: Saketa Jataka, Saketa Panha, Saketa Tissa, Saketabrahmana Vatthu, Saketaka, Saketamahatmya, Saketana, Saketapura, Saketapurana.
Ends with: Ukshaketa.
Full-text (+85): Saketaka, Saeya, Shakeya, Saketana, Ayodhya, Caketam, Saketamahatmya, Saketabrahmana Vatthu, Saketapurana, Vasubhadra, Koshala, Tikantakivana, Ashvaghosha, Setika, Saketapura, Samketikar, Toranavatthu, Kanikaravalikasamudda Vihara, Shalishuka, Madhuvasettha.
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Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Town Planning (1): City < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 1 - Story of Brahmin Sāketa and his wife < [Chapter 38 - Buddha’s Brahmin Parents in His Previous Existence]
Biography (2): Visākhā, Donor of Pubbārāma Monastery < [Chapter 45b - Life Stories of Female Lay Disciples]
Part 44 - The Buddha discoursed on the Mahāsudassana Sutta < [Chapter 40 - The Buddha Declared the Seven Factors of Non-Decline for Rulers]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 237: Sāketa-jātaka < [Book II - Dukanipāta]
Jataka 68: Sāketa-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Jataka 385: Nandiyamiga-jātaka < [Volume 3]
Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
Chapter 2 - Summary of the Paumacariya
57. The previous births of Madhu and Kaitabha < [Chapter 4 - Intervening Stories]
35. The previous birth of Bhamandala < [Chapter 4 - Intervening Stories]
A Historical Study of Kaushambi (by Nirja Sharma)
Vinaya (2): The Mahavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Mahavagga, Khandaka 1, Chapter 67 < [Khandaka 1 - The Admission to the Order of Bhikkhus]
Mahavagga, Khandaka 1, Chapter 66 < [Khandaka 1 - The Admission to the Order of Bhikkhus]
Mahavagga, Khandaka 8, Chapter 13 < [Khandaka 8 - The Dress of the Bhikkhus]
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