Samamsha, Samāṃśa, Sama-amsha: 9 definitions
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Samamsha has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Samāṃśa can be transliterated into English as Samamsa or Samamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSamāṃśa (समांश):—1. (2. sama + aṃśa) m. ein gleicher Antheil: hārin [DĀYAT. im Śabdakalpadruma] vibhajya ca . parasparaṃ samāṃśena zu gleichen Theilen [Kathāsaritsāgara 60, 215.]
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Samāṃśa (समांश):—2. (wie eben)
1) adj. gleiche Theile enthaltend [Suśruta 1, 165, 16.] einen gleichen Antheil erhaltend [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 157.] ka (f. samāṃśikā) dass. [DĀYAT. im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) f. ā Sida cordifolia [Ratnamālā 167.]
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Samāṃsa (समांस):—(2. sa + māṃsa) adj. = māṃsala fleischig [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 68, 6.]
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: Amsha, Mamsa, Sha, Cama, Ca, Sama.
Starts with: Samamshabhagin, Samamshaharin, Samamshaka.
Full-text: Samamshaharin, Samamshabhagin, Samamshena, Samamshin, Ardra.
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