Sharavati, Śarāvatī, Sāravatī: 10 definitions
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Sharavati means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Sharavati has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śarāvatī can be transliterated into English as Saravati or Sharavati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚarāvatī (शरावती):—(von 1. śara) f. Nomen proprium [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 3, 120. 1, 219.]
1) eines Flusses [Amarakoṣa.1,2,3,33.2,1,6.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 952] nebst Schol. [Mahābhārata.6,327.] ([Viṣṇupurāṇa 182]). [Oxforder Handschriften 24,a, Nalopākhyāna 2.] [PRĀYAŚCITTEND. 11,b,4.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde.1,94. Anhang LII.] —
2) einer Stadt [Raghuvaṃśa 15, 97.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde 1, Anhang XI, Nalopākhyāna 21.] —
3) eines buddhistischen Klosters [WASSILJEW 58.] [TĀRAN. 51. 293.]
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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