Sukshatra, Sukṣatra: 5 definitions
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Sukshatra has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Sukṣatra can be transliterated into English as Suksatra or Sukshatra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSukṣatra (सुक्षत्र):—
1) adj. wohl herrschend: Götter [Ṛgveda 1, 19, 5. 5, 32, 5. 38, 1. 6, 49, 1. 51, 4. 10. 7, 64, 1. 89, 1.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 21, 22.] rājan [Ṛgveda 3, 59, 4.] rayi Macht verleihend [1, 116, 19.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Niramitra [Viṣṇupurāṇa 4, 23, 3]; vgl. sunakṣatra .
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: Kshatra, Cu, Shu.
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