Shringavant, Śṛṅgavant: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śṛṅgavant can be transliterated into English as Srngavant or Shringavant, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚṛṅgavant (शृङ्गवन्त्):—(wie eben)
1) adj. a) gehörnt [Mahābhārata 13, 3817.] — b) mit (vielen) Gipfeln versehen: Berg, Gebirge [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 49, 22.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Berges (Gebirges) [Mahābhārata 6, 199. 248. 13, 7658.] [GOLĀDHY.] [BHUVANAK. 26.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 55, 10.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 16, 8. 17, 8.] — Vgl. śṛṅgin .
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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Ends with: Prakshringavant.
Full-text: Shringin.
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