Alatashanti, Alātaśānti, Alata-shanti: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Alātaśānti can be transliterated into English as Alatasanti or Alatashanti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Alātaśānti (अलातशान्ति).—f. Name of the fourth chapter of Gauḍapāda's Commentary on the Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad.
Derivable forms: alātaśāntiḥ (अलातशान्तिः).
Alātaśānti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms alāta and śānti (शान्ति).
Alātaśanti (अलातशन्ति):—[=alāta-śanti] [from alāta] f. Name of the fourth chapter of Gauḍapāda’s commentary on the [Māṇḍūkya-upaniṣad, 12 mantra]
Alātaśānti (अलातशान्ति):—f. Titel des 4ten Prakaraṇa von Gauḍapāda’s Commentar zur Māṇḍukyopaniṣad.
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: Alata, Shanti.
Starts with: Alatashantiprakarana.
Full-text: Alatashantiprakarana, Alata, Mandukyakarika, Gaudapadiyabhashya.
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