Shakhota, Śākhoṭa: 9 definitions
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Shakhota has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śākhoṭa can be transliterated into English as Sakhota or Shakhota, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚākhoṭa (शाखोट):—m. Trophis aspera (ein kleiner, hässlicher, krummer Baum) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 4, 13] (śākoṭa gedr.). [Spr. (II) 1754.] ka m. desgl. [Suśruta 2, 107, 17.] [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 2, 2, 83.] [Spr. (II) 387. 1603 2315, v. l.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 6, 16] (sākoṭaka gedr.). [7, 23] (śākoṭaka gedr.).
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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Starts with: Shakhotaka.
Ends with: Ashvashakhota.
Full-text (+11): Kaushikyoja, Rukshapattra, Kshiranasha, Akshadhara, Pishacadru, Shakhotaka, Palita, Sakota, Shankhinivasa, Shevara, Ashvashakhota, Ghukavasa, Pishacavriksha, Gavakshi, Karacchada, Nihsara, Rukshapatra, Kankella, Sakata, Kharapattra.
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