Shvamukha, Śvamukha, Sva-mukha, Svamukha: 6 definitions
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Shvamukha has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śvamukha can be transliterated into English as Svamukha or Shvamukha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚvamukha (श्वमुख):—adj. ein Hundsgesicht habend; m. pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14,25, v. l.] [Oxforder Handschriften 340,a,16.]
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: Ashvamukha, Sarvaparshvamukha, Vishvamukha.
Full-text: Ashvamukha, Sva-mukha-ajna, Dutaka, Krittika, Ajna.
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