Samgharshana, Saṃgharṣaṇa: 6 definitions
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Samgharshana has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Saṃgharṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Samgharsana or Samgharshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Sangharshan.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSaṃgharṣaṇa (संघर्षण):—(wie eben) n.
1) das Reiben, Reibung: grāvṇaḥ [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 35, 6.] veṇu [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 6, 9.] beim coitus [DURGA] zu [Yāska’s Nirukta 5, 14.] —
2) ein zum Einreiben dienender Stoff, Einreibung: gātra (pl.) [Mahābhārata 2, 200.] saṃsparśana ed. Bomb. und [Nīlakaṇṭha], der aber auch unsere Lesart kennt. — [Mahābhārata 9, 1251] ist statt saṃgharṣaṇā zu lesen saṃgharṣeṇā .
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: Gharshana, Sam.
Full-text: Sangharshan, Sangharsha, Balabhadra.
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