Shashti, Ṣaṣṭi, Shasti, Śasti, Śāsti, Sāstī: 17 definitions

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Shashti means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil. 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.

Shashti has 16 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit terms Ṣaṣṭi and Śasti and Śāsti can be transliterated into English as Sasti or Shashti or Shasti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[Deutsch Wörterbuch]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Śasti (शस्ति):—(von śaṃs) f. Preis, Lob [Ṛgveda 1, 186, 3. 4, 3, 15.] Vgl. su .

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Śāsti (शास्ति):—(wie eben) f.

1) Bestrafung [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 4, 179.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 425.] duṣṭa [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 132, 20.] —

2) Geheiss, Befehl: śāstiṃ prāpyate als Erklärung von śiṣyate wird angehalten zu [Scholiast] zu [Prabodhacandrodaja 110, 15.]

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Ṣaṣṭi (षष्टि):—

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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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