Ghranacakshus, Ghrāṇacakṣus, Ghrana-cakshus, Ghranacakshush: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Ghrāṇacakṣus can be transliterated into English as Ghranacaksus or Ghranacakshus, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Ghranachakshus.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ghrāṇacakṣus (घ्राणचक्षुस्).—a. 'having nose for the eyes', blind (who smells out his way).

Ghrāṇacakṣus is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ghrāṇa and cakṣus (चक्षुस्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ghrāṇacakṣus (घ्राणचक्षुस्).—adj. using his nose instead of his eye, blind, Mahābhārata 8, 3443.

Ghrāṇacakṣus is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ghrāṇa and cakṣus (चक्षुस्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ghrāṇacakṣuś (घ्राणचक्षुश्):—[=ghrāṇa-cakṣuś] [from ghrāṇa > ghrā] mfn. ‘using the nose for eyes’, blind, [Mahābhārata viii, 3443.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Ghranacakshus in German

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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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