Sharkaraprabha, Sharkara-prabha, Śarkarāprabhā: 7 definitions
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Sharkaraprabha has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śarkarāprabhā can be transliterated into English as Sarkaraprabha or Sharkaraprabha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚarkarāprabhā (शर्कराप्रभा):—f. Name einer Hölle bei den Jaina [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1360.]
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: Sharkara, Prabha.
Full-text: Seven Grounds, Adholoka, Bhumi.
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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
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Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Chapter 3: On the worlds (pṛthivī) < [Book 2]
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Chapter 32: An interview with Gāṅgeya < [Book 9]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Subdivisions of Pañcendriyas < [Appendix 1.4: The nine tattvas]
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