Anguliphanahastaka, Aṅgulīphaṇahastaka: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAṅgulīphaṇahastaka (अङ्गुलीफणहस्तक).—having a hand with fingers (round and awkward) like a snake's hood: Mahāvyutpatti 8776 (Chin. round-fingered); Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iv.68.6 (read with ms.). Corresponds to Pali phaṇa-hatthaka Vin. i.91.11, interpreted [Sacred Books of the East] 13.225 as having hands like a snake's hood; commentary 1027.1 yassa vaggulipakkhakā (bat's wings) viya aṅguliyo saṃbaddhā honti.
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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