Trayatrimsha, Trāyatriṃśa, Traya-trimsha: 1 definition

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Trayatrimsha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Trāyatriṃśa can be transliterated into English as Trayatrimsa or Trayatrimsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Trāyatriṃśa (त्रायत्रिंश).—(alone, or with -kāyika; semi-MIndic, compare Pali tāvatiṃsa), = more usual trāyas-tri°, q.v., a class of gods; this form seems to occur only in Lalitavistara (compare also traya-tiṃśad), but is fairly common there in ed. and mss. (with vv.ll. trāyas-t°): Lalitavistara 150.2; 225.17; 366.9; 396.14; 401.9; °śa-kāyika, 365.8 (v.l. traya-); of these, stem-final t only in 225.17, where most mss. trāyas°.

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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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