Takshashila, Takṣaśilā: 16 definitions
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Takshashila has 14 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Takṣaśilā can be transliterated into English as Taksasila or Takshashila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchTakṣaśilā (तक्षशिला):—f. Name einer der Hauptstädte der Gandhāra und des dazu gehörigen Gebietes, Τάξιλα, [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 93.] gaṇa varaṇādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 82.] [Mahābhārata 1, 682. 834.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 43, 23.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14, 26.] [Burnouf 362. 373.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 689. fg.] [Hiouen-Thsang I, 151. fgg.] [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 235] (5). m. pl. die Einwohner von T. [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 10, 8.] im comp. [16, 26.] — Das Wort zerlegt sich in takṣa + śilā und unter takṣa ist wohl aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach der Schlangendämon zu verstehen.
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Tākṣaśila (ताक्षशिल):—adj. f. ī aus Takṣaśilā stammend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 93.]
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Takṣaśilā (तक्षशिला):—[Kathāsaritsāgara 69, 77.] Residenz Takṣa’s, eines Sohnes des Bhārata, [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 101, 11.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungTakṣaśila (तक्षशिल):——
1) m. Pl. die Bewohner von 2). —
2) f. ā Τάξιλα , Nomen proprium einer Hauptstadt der Gandhāra. tas [45,24.]
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Tākṣaśila (ताक्षशिल):—Adj. (f. ī) aus Takṣaśilā stammend.
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Partial matches: Taksha, Shila, Cila.
Starts with: Takshashiladi, Takshashilaka, Takshashilavati.
Full-text (+31): Takshashilavati, Bhadrashikha, Heliodorus, Takshashiladi, Gondophares, Bhadrashila, Taradatta, Takshashilaka, Arbuda, Bhir, Kalingadatta, Taksha, Samnamayati, Bhadraksha, Gushana, Antialkidas, Kunala, Karna, Vitastadatta, Dranga.
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