Vajravriksha, Vajravṛkṣa, Vajra-vriksha: 3 definitions
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Vajravriksha has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Vajravṛkṣa can be transliterated into English as Vajravrksa or Vajravriksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVajravṛkṣa (वज्रवृक्ष):—m. Cactus Opuntia [Suśruta 1, 138, 21.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 526.] = sehuṇḍa [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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: Vriksha, Vajra.
Full-text: Sehunda, Mushkakadi.
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