Shakuntala, Śakuntalā, Śākuntala: 17 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śakuntalā and Śākuntala can be transliterated into English as Sakuntala or Shakuntala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚakuntalā (शकुन्तला):—f. Nomen proprium einer Apsaras [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 5, 4, 13.] eine Tochter Viśvāmitra’s von der Apsaras Menakā, Gattin Duṣyanta’s und Mutter Bharata's, [Mahābhārata 1, 2814. fgg.] nirjane tu vane yasmācchakuntaiḥ parivāritā (parirakṣitā [Śabdakalpadruma]) . śakuntaleti nāmāsyāḥ kṛtaṃ cāpi tato mayā .. [?2951. Śākuntala 9, 5. u.s.w. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 20, 13. fgg.] śakuntalopākhyāna [Mahābhārata 1, 68] in den Unterschriften der Adhyy. [PADMA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] in [Oxforder Handschriften 13], a, 16. śakuntalātmaja m. der Sohn der Śak. d. i. Bharata [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 702.] — Vgl. abhijñānaśakuntala, śākuntala und śākuntaleya .
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Śākuntala (शाकुन्तल):—(von śakuntalā)
1) m. metron. Bharata's [Mahābhārata 1, 3104. fg. 7, 2387. 12, 938. 14, 50.] —
2) n. die Erzählung von der Śakuntalā [Mahābhārata 1, 74] in der Unterschr. [MĀLATĪM. 47, 1.]
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: Shakunta, La.
Starts with: Shakuntalatmaja.
Ends with: Abhijnanashakuntala.
Full-text (+3209): Abhijnanashakuntala, Kalidasa, Sarvadamana, Shakuntaleya, Dushmanta, Dushyanta, Menaka, Paribadha, Nagarika, Avacana, Purvavadhirita, Utsarpin, Shakuntalatmaja, Kaṇva, Vanavasa, Secanaghata, Anabhilulita, Sahavasati, Manasasamtapa, Anumalinitiram.
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Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit literature (by Nikitha. M)
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Nitiprakasika (Critical Analysis) (by S. Anusha)
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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