Upamshudanda, Upāṃśudaṇḍa, Upamshu-danda: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Upāṃśudaṇḍa can be transliterated into English as Upamsudanda or Upamshudanda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUpāṃśudaṇḍa (उपांशुदण्ड):—n. eine heimliche Strafe.
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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