Shitavana, Sitavana, Śītavana, Sītavana, Shita-vana: 7 definitions
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Shitavana has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śītavana can be transliterated into English as Sitavana or Shitavana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSītavana (सीतवन):—m. Nomen proprium eines Wallfahrtsortes [Mahābhārata 3, 6029] (nach der Lesart der ed. Bomb., śītavana ed. Calc.). sītāvana [Oxforder Handschriften 46,b, Nalopākhyāna 3.] śītavana Name einer Leichenstätte in Kāśmīra [WASSILJEW 40.] [TĀRAN. 13. 228.]
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Sītāvana (सीतावन):—s. sītavana .
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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