Svarashtra, Svarāṣṭra, Sva-rashtra: 8 definitions
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Svarashtra has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Svarāṣṭra can be transliterated into English as Svarastra or Svarashtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSvarāṣṭra (स्वराष्ट्र):—1. n. das eigene Reich [Spr. (II) 7312.]
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Svarāṣṭra (स्वराष्ट्र):—2. m. Nomen proprium
1) pl. eines Volkes [Mahābhārata 6, 356] [?(Viṣṇupurāṇa 189). Vgl.] surāṣṭra . —
2) eines Fürsten [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 74, 1.]
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: Rashtra, Shva.
Starts with: Svarashtracinta.
Full-text: Apavahana, Svarashtracinta, Anaveksha, Parirakshin, Apavaha, Prepsu, Apaharana.
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