Yamashikha, Yamaśikha: 4 definitions
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Yamashikha has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Yamaśikha can be transliterated into English as Yamasikha or Yamashikha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchYamaśikha (यमशिख):—(2. yama + śikhā) m. Nomen proprium eines Vetāla [Kathāsaritsāgara 121, 29.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungYamaśikha (यमशिख):—m. Nomen proprium eines Vetāla.
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: Shikha, Yama.
Full-text: Thinthakarala, Dagineya, Kalavati, Shikha.
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