Uttarashaila, Uttaraśaila, Uttara-shaila: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Uttaraśaila can be transliterated into English as Uttarasaila or Uttarashaila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchUttaraśaila (उत्तरशैल):—m. pl. Name einer buddhistischen Schule [WASSILJEW 229. 245.] — Vgl. aparaśaila, pūrvaśaila .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUttaraśaila (उत्तरशैल):—m. Pl. Name einer buddh. Schule.
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: Shaila, Uttara.
Full-text: Aparashaila, Caitika.
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