Vimshaka, Viṃśaka: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Viṃśaka can be transliterated into English as Vimsaka or Vimshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViṃśaka (विंशक):—(wie eben) adj. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 24. 6, 4, 142.]
1) von zwanzig begleitet, um zwanzig vermehrt: saptabhiḥ śatairviṃśakena (viṃśatyā ca besser ed. Bomb.) siebenhundertundzwanzig [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 27, 16.] śata so v. a. zwanzig Procent [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 38.] —
2) aus zwanzig Theilen bestehend [Mahābhārata 12, 11961. fg.] gaṇa [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 80, 5. 7.] n. Zwanzigzahl, ein Zwanzig: mokṣa zwanzig (Śloka) über [Harivaṃśa 14346.] [TĀRAN. 318.]
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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Ends with: Caturvimshaka, Ekavimshaka, Mokshavimshaka, Pada-vimshaka, Pancavimshaka, Samvaravimshaka, Saptavimshaka, Shadvimshaka, Snapanavalivimshaka.
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