Sumaya, Sumāya: 6 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSumāya (सुमाय):—
1) adj. guter Anschläge voll [Yāska’s Nirukta 11, 13.] Marut [Ṛgveda 1, 88, 1. 167, 2.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten der Asura [Kathāsaritsāgara 45, 224. 332. 46, 38.] eines Vidyādhara [48, 121.] —
3) f. ā Nomen proprium einer Tochter Maya's [Kathāsaritsāgara 45, 340.]
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Sūmaya (सूमय):—(sumaya Padap.) adj. von guter Arbeit: Bogen [Ṛgveda 8, 66, 11.] = susukha [Yāska’s Nirukta 6, 33.]
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: Maya, Cu, Shu.
Starts with: Sumayaka.
Ends with: Kusumaya, Parshumaya, Pisumaya, Prasumaya, Vasumaya, Visumaya.
Full-text: Manovati, Prasumaya, Subhadra, Susukha, Sharabhanana, Mahayana, Hrishtaroman, Pramathana, Duraroha, Tantukaccha, Vajrapanjara, Prakampana, Dhumaketu, Simhadamshtra, Mahamaya.
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