Shadvaktra, Ṣaḍvaktra, Ṣaḍvaktrā, Shash-vaktra: 5 definitions
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Shadvaktra has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Ṣaḍvaktra and Ṣaḍvaktrā can be transliterated into English as Sadvaktra or Shadvaktra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchṢaḍvaktra (षड्वक्त्र):—adj. sechs Münder habend [Mahābhārata 11, 138.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 12, 37.] m. Beiname Skanda's [Mahābhārata 3, 14352.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 99, 1.] [Matsyapurāṇa 134] nach [Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. ṣaḍānana .
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: Shash, Vaktra, Sat.
Full-text: Shadvaktropanishaddipika, Shadvaktri, Karttikeya, Shadanana, Shanmukha, Narayana.
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