Shankhapala, Śaṅkhapāla, Shankha-pala, Shamkhapala, Saṅkhapāla, Sankhapala: 20 definitions
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Shankhapala has 19 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śaṅkhapāla can be transliterated into English as Sankhapala or Shankhapala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaṅkhapāla (शङ्खपाल):—m.
1) eine Schlangenart [Suśruta 2, 265, 7.] Nomen proprium eines Schlangendämons [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 84.] [Harivaṃśa 230.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 90, 141. 104, 85.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 11, 38.] [KĀLACAKRA 4, 63. 81.] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Kardama (vgl. śaṅkhapad, pada, pāda) [Viṣṇupurāṇa 2, 8, 83.] —
3) eine Art Confect (aus dem pers. شكرباره) [NIGH. PR.]
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: Shankha, Paala, Pala.
Starts with: Shankhapalahridaya, Shankhapalahridayamantra, Shankhapalaka.
Full-text (+14): Navanaga, Shikhandatilaka, Duyyodhana, Kannapenna, Ekabala, Shankhapad, Shankhacuda, Candaka, Alara, Sankhapala Jataka, Shankha, Kankala, Mahimsaka, Uttaravinicchaya, Vishalaka, Kashmala, Shankhapada, Mantrita, Ajaya, Raktaksha.
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