Ucchushmarudra, Ucchuṣmarudrā, Ucchushma-rudra: 4 definitions
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Ucchushmarudra has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Ucchuṣmarudrā can be transliterated into English as Ucchusmarudra or Ucchushmarudra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Uchchhushmarudra.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchUcchuṣmarudra (उच्छुष्मरुद्र):—m. pl. Name einer Śiva'itischen Secte [Oxforder Handschriften.59,a,1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUcchuṣmarudra (उच्छुष्मरुद्र):—m. Pl. —
1) eine best. Dämonenschaar [Pariśiṣṭa zum Av 36.] —
2) Nomen proprium einer Śiva'itischen Secte.
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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