Shamkaracarya, Śaṃkarācārya, Shamkara-acarya: 4 definitions
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Shamkaracarya has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śaṃkarācārya can be transliterated into English as Samkaracarya or Shamkaracarya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shamkaracharya.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaṃkarācārya (शंकराचार्य):—(śaṃkara + ā) m. Nomen proprium eines berühmten Gelehrten, der im 7ten oder 8ten Jahrh. n. Chr. lebte, eine Menge von Schriften. namentlich Commentare zu philosophischen Werken, verfasste und als Reformator der Śaiva gilt, [WILSON] in [Viṣṇupurāṇa Einl. X.] [WINDISCHMANN, Sancara 42.] [Oxforder] und [B. Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi] (s. Ind.) [TĀRAN. 172. 180. fg.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 157, 3. 4.] vijayaḍiṇḍima [Oxforder Handschriften 260], a, [No. 627.]
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: Acarya, Shankara.
Starts with: Shamkaracaryacarita, Shamkaracaryavatarakatha, Shamkaracaryavijayadindima, Shankaracaryapada.
Full-text (+889): Dvaitin, Ukchvayana, Pratyabhijnapana, Pratyupasthana, Tripurakumara, Mohanaprakriti, Parinishpannatva, Prajnamanin, Purushatantra, Paryanuyoktavya, Batukanatha, Pancagnividya, Dattabhujamgastotra, Nirupaka, Kautasthya, Ranayaniya, Yathakamin, Pradaha, Panjaracalananyaya, Parinishtha.
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