Alampashu, Alampaśu, Alam-pashu: 4 definitions

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Alampashu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Alampaśu can be transliterated into English as Alampasu or Alampashu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Alampaśu (अलम्पशु).—[alaṃ yajñe nirarthaḥ paśuḥ] a bad or useless animal (for sacrifice). (-a.) able to keep cattle.

Derivable forms: alampaśuḥ (अलम्पशुः).

Alampaśu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms alam and paśu (पशु).

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

1) Alampaśu (अलम्पशु):—[=alam-paśu] [from alam] etc. (id est. alaṃ-paśu, etc.) See sub voce alaṃ below.

2) Alaṃpaśu (अलंपशु):—[=alaṃ-paśu] [from alaṃ > alam] mfn. able to keep cattle, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

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Alampashu 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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