Shankukarneshvara, Śaṅkukarṇeśvara: 4 definitions
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Shankukarneshvara has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śaṅkukarṇeśvara can be transliterated into English as Sankukarnesvara or Shankukarneshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaṅkukarṇeśvara (शङ्कुकर्णेश्वर):—m. eine Form Śiva’s [Mahābhārata 3, 5012.] n. Name eines Liṅga [Oxforder Handschriften 70], b, [40. fg.]
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: Shanku.
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