Shreyaskara, Śrēyaskara, Śreyaskara, Shreyas-kara: 13 definitions
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Shreyaskara has 12 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Śrēyaskara and Śreyaskara can be transliterated into English as Sreyaskara or Shreyaskara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚreyaskara (श्रेयस्कर):—adj. (f. ī)
1) besser —, ansehnlicher machend [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 10, 28.] —
2) Glück —, Heil bringend, heilsam [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 88.] [Mahābhārata 7, 1207. 13, 6480.] [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 3, 7.] [Spr. (II) 4108.] guṇa [CARAKA 3, 8.] [Pañcatantra 73, 19.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 23, 11.] compar. tara [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 12, 84. 86.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shreyas, Kara.
Starts with: Shreyaskarabhashya.
Ends with: Ashreyaskara.
Full-text: Seamkara, Shreyahkarabhashya, Shreyahkaratara, Shreyaskrit, Kara.
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