Amritopastarana, Amṛtopastaraṇa, Amrita-upastarana: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Amṛtopastaraṇa can be transliterated into English as Amrtopastarana or Amritopastarana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAmṛtopastaraṇa (अमृतोपस्तरण).—Water sipped as a substratum for the nectar-like food.
-vaḥ Name of the Bilva tree.
Derivable forms: amṛtopastaraṇam (अमृतोपस्तरणम्).
Amṛtopastaraṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms amṛta and upastaraṇa (उपस्तरण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Amṛtopastaraṇa (अमृतोपस्तरण):—[from a-mṛta > a-mūla] n. water sipped as a substratum for the nectar like food, [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra] and, [Mānava-gṛhya-sūtra]
2) [v.s. ...] an imperishable substratum, [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka] (cf. amptāpidhāna).
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: Amrita, Upastarana.
Full-text: Amritapidhana.
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