Samsaptaka, Samshaptaka, Saṃśaptaka: 11 definitions
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Samsaptaka has 10 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Saṃśaptaka can be transliterated into English as Samsaptaka or Samshaptaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSaṃśaptaka (संशप्तक):—(von saṃśapta und dieses partic. von śap mit saṃm) m. pl. Eidgenossen, im [Mahābhārata] Bez. von Kriegern (Trigarta mit seinen Brüdern), die feierlich geschworen hatten Arjuna zu tödten, aber selbst um’s Leben gebracht wurden, [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 66.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 795.] [Mahābhārata 1, 187. 338. 530. 535. 3, 15178. 15187. 5, 2201. 2249. 7, 711. 722. 14, 1827. 2172.] vadhaparvan [Mahābhārata 7], Adyhāya [17. fgg.] in der ed. Calc. häufig falschlich saṃsaptaka gedr.
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Saṃsaptaka (संसप्तक):—s. saṃśaptaka .
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: Saptaka, Sam.
Starts with: Samshaptakan, Samshaptakavadhaparva, Samshaptakavadhaparvan.
Full-text: Samshaptakavadhaparvan, Samsaptaki, Samshaptakan, Satyajit.
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