Sheshata, Śeṣatā: 3 definitions
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Sheshata has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śeṣatā can be transliterated into English as Sesata or Sheshata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚeṣatā (शेषता):—(von śeṣa) f. nom. abstr.: āyuḥśeṣatayā so v. a. weil seine Lebenszeit noch nicht ganz abgelaufen war [Pañcatantra 9, 4. 127, 3.] asthi nom. abstr. von asthiśeṣa adj. von dem nur noch die Knochen übrig sind [Kathāsaritsāgara 72, 136.] lāvaṇya [71, 94.] śeṣatā = pārārthya [JAIMINI im Śabdakalpadruma] unter śeṣatva .
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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Starts with: Sheshatalpa, Sheshatalpashaya, Sheshatas.
Ends with: Asheshata, Asthisheshata, Avasheshata, Avisheshata, Ayuhsheshata, Kathavasheshata, Lavanyasheshata, Nihsheshata, Nirvisheshata, Visesata.
Full-text: Nihsheshata, Ayuhsheshata, Asthisheshata, Lavanyasheshata, Yashahshesha, Asheshata, Avasheshata, Apratiti.
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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.7.162 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (7): Sādhana-samuddeśa (On the Means)]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.1.46 < [Chapter 1 - Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes]