Shighragati, Śīghragati, Shighra-gati: 3 definitions
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Shighragati has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śīghragati can be transliterated into English as Sighragati or Shighragati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚīghragati (शीघ्रगति):—1. f. die grösste Schnelligkeit eines Planeten in seiner Bewegung (welche stattfindet, wenn er bei der niederen Apsis, d. i. Conjunction, angelangt ist) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 2, S. 4, Z. 11. fg.]
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Śīghragati (शीघ्रगति):—2. adj. = śīghraga [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 277.] śīghrataragati ebend.
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: Shighra, Gati.
Starts with: Shighragatiphala.
Full-text: Distasteful, Unbelievable, Shighra, Urgent, Rapid, Crime, Quick, Anger, Shighragatiphala, Joy, Terror, Fear, Gati.
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