Vasishta, Vāsiṣṭa, Vasiṣṭa, Vashishta: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Vāsiṣṭa and Vasiṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Vasista or Vasishta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVāsiṣṭa (वासिष्ट):—n. Blut, schlechte Lesart für vāsiṣṭha [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 621.]
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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Starts with: Vasishtagita.
Full-text (+10): Vasittha, Arundhati, Vasishtha, Kagapusundar, Urja, Hatavashishta, Trishanku, Kaitava, Atmaghata, Matanga, Pancasiddhantika, Parashara, Nandini, Saptarshi, Purna, Shakti, Kamadhenu, Avashishta, Madayanti, Vasishtagita.
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