Shabdacitra, Śabdacitra, Shabda-citra: 6 definitions
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Shabdacitra has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śabdacitra can be transliterated into English as Sabdacitra or Shabdacitra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shabdachitra.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚabdacitra (शब्दचित्र):—m. Lautspiel, wie Alliteration u.s.w. [PRATĀPAR. 12], b, 17.
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: Shabda, Citra.
Starts with: Shabdacitrana.
Full-text: Citra, Vacyacitra.
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