Shankrita, Śāṅkṛta, Sāṅkṛta, Sankrita, Sāṃkṛta, Samkrita: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śāṅkṛta and Sāṅkṛta and Sāṃkṛta can be transliterated into English as Sankrta or Shankrita or Sankrita or Samkrta or Samkrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSāṃkṛta (सांकृत):—adj. dem Saṃkṛti eigen, von ihm stammend: gotraja [Weber’s Verzeichniss 13, 34.]
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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Full-text: Samkrityayani, Samkritiputra, Samkrityayana, Samkritya, Samkriti.
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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
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The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
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