Shodashakala, Ṣoḍaśakalā, Shodashan-kala: 6 definitions
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Shodashakala has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Ṣoḍaśakalā can be transliterated into English as Sodasakala or Shodashakala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchṢoḍaśakala (षोडशकल):—(ṣoḍaśan + kalā) adj. sechzehntheilig: agnihotra [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 5, 10.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7, 2, 2, 17. 11, 1, 6, 36. 12, 8, 2, 13. 13, 2, 2, 13] candramas [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 4, 6.] puruṣa [Praśnopaniṣad 6, 1.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 110. fgg.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 3, 1. 6, 1, 51.] vidyā [Colebrooke 1, 326.]
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: Shodasha, Kala.
Starts with: Shodashakalavidya.
Full-text: Shodashakalavidya, Shodash-kala, Kalashodashaka, Amritakala, Alankrita, Divine chariot.
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