Vaikakshaka, Vaikakṣaka: 9 definitions
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Vaikakshaka has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Vaikakṣaka can be transliterated into English as Vaikaksaka or Vaikakshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVaikakṣaka (वैकक्षक):—(wie eben) n. ein um die Schulter hängendes Blumengewinde [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 37.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 652.] [Halāyudha 2, 398.]
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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