Samgitashastra, Saṃgītaśāstra, Samgita-shastra: 5 definitions

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Samgitashastra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Samgitashastra has 4 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Saṃgītaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Samgitasastra or Samgitashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Saṃgītaśāstra (संगीतशास्त्र):—n. ein über Gesang u.s.w. handelndes Werk und Titel eines best. solchen Werkes Inschr. in [Journ. of the Am. Or. S.7,10,] [Śloka 37.] [Oxforder Handschriften 108,a, No. 168.] saṃkṣepa 200, b, [No. 476]; vgl. u. śamyātāla .

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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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