Shvetasarshapa, Śvetasarṣapa, Shveta-sarshapa: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śvetasarṣapa can be transliterated into English as Svetasarsapa or Shvetasarshapa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚvetasarṣapa (श्वेतसर्षप):—m. weisser Senf, ein weisses Senfkorn [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1180.] [Oxforder Handschriften 51,b,25.]
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: Shveta, Sarshapa.
Full-text: Shveta sarshapa, Pancasasya, Adhivasa.
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