Tarkashastra, Tarka-shastra, Tarkaśāstra: 9 definitions
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Tarkashastra has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Tarkaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Tarkasastra or Tarkashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Tarkshastra.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchTarkaśāstra (तर्कशास्त्र):—(tarka + śāstra) n. Denklehre, ein philosophisches Werk [Mahābhārata 12, 9678. fg.] [Harivaṃśa 1506.] pāṣaṇḍa [Prabodhacandrodaja 85, 18.] kāpilakāṇādādi [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 235.]
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: Shastra, Tarka.
Full-text: Tarkin, Vakovakya, Agamanatmaka, Tarki, Tarkshastra, Nyayaratnavali, Arthashasna, Tarka, Shastra.
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