Sudamshtra, Sudaṃṣṭra: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Sudaṃṣṭra can be transliterated into English as Sudamstra or Sudamshtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSudaṃṣṭra (सुदंष्ट्र):—
1) adj. schöne Spitzzähne habend: Kṛṣṇa [Mahābhārata 5, 3384.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium a) eines Sohnes des Kṛṣṇa [Harivaṃśa 8058. 9182.] — b) eines Sohnes des Śambara [Harivaṃśa 9254.] — c) eines Adoptivsohnes des Asamañjas [Harivaṃśa 2039.] — d) eines Rākṣasa [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 35, 15.]
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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