Shauvastika, Śauvastika: 10 definitions
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Shauvastika has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śauvastika can be transliterated into English as Sauvastika or Shauvastika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚauvastika (शौवस्तिक):—(von 2. śvas) adj. morgen —, am folgenden Tage erfolgend, bis dahin reichend u.s.w. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 15.] Davon tva n. nom. abstr.: śauvastikatvaṃ vibhavā na yeṣāṃ vrajanti dessen Reichthümer nicht bis zum folgenden Tage reichen [Bhaṭṭikavya 2, 33.]
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Sauvastika (सौवस्तिक):—(von svasti) [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 7, 4. 18.] m. Hauspriester eines Fürsten (seinen Segen gebend) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 721.] [Halāyudha 2, 271.]
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: Vastika, Sau, Cau.
Starts with: Shauvastikatva.
Full-text: Shauvastikatva, Sovatti, Sovatthia, Sovatthika, Tyap, Dvaradi, Shvas.
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