Shaikhanda, Śaikhaṇḍa: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śaikhaṇḍa can be transliterated into English as Saikhanda or Shaikhanda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaikhaṇḍa (शैखण्ड):—adj. von śikhaṇḍin [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 4, 144, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 1.] — Vgl. śaikhaṇḍina .
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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