Samprokshana, Saṃprokṣaṇa: 11 definitions
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Samprokshana has 10 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Saṃprokṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Samproksana or Samprokshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSaṃprokṣaṇa (संप्रोक्षण):—
1) n. = prokṣaṇa Besprengung [Oxforder Handschriften 103,a,26.] —
2) f. ī = prokṣaṇī Weihwasser [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 40. 80. 83.]
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: Prokshana, Sam.
Starts with: Samprokshanakrama, Samprokshanam, Samprokshanamantra, Samprokshanasamgraha, Samprokshanavidhi.
Ends with: Griharcanasamprokshana, Harmyasamprokshana, Pratimasamprokshana, Vaikhanasasamprokshana.
Full-text: Samprokshanakrama, Samprokshanavidhi, Samprokshanasamgraha, Samprokshani, Samprokshita, Pratimasamprokshana, Vishnupratimasamprokshanavidhi, Vaikhanasasamprokshana, Avartapratishtha, Kriyapada.
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