Shashthakala, Ṣaṣṭhakāla, Shashtha-kala: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ṣaṣṭhakāla can be transliterated into English as Sasthakala or Shashthakala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchṢaṣṭhakāla (षष्ठकाल):—m. die sechste Esszeit (am Abend des dritten Tages): kālopavāsa ein Fasten, wobei man immer nur am Abend des dritten Tages isst (d. i. fünf Mahlzeiten vorübergehen lässt) [Mahābhārata 3, 8032]; vgl. unter ṣaṣṭha 1).
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: Sashtha, Kala.
Full-text: Shashthakalopavasa, Shashtakala, Maunatapasya, Kala.
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