Shityoshtha, Śityoṣṭha: 3 definitions

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Shityoshtha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

Shityoshtha has 2 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Śityoṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Sityostha or Shityoshtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Śityoṣṭha (शित्योष्ठ):—(śiti + oṣṭha) adj. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 138, Scholiast] weisslippig [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 6, 14, 1. 7, 3, 17, 1.]

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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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