Avarashaila, Avaraśaila, Avara-shaila: 4 definitions
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Avarashaila 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 Avaraśaila can be transliterated into English as Avarasaila or Avarashaila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvaraśaila (अवरशैल).—[avaraḥ paścādvarti śailaḥ] the western mountain (behind which the sun is supposed to set).
Derivable forms: avaraśailaḥ (अवरशैलः).
Avaraśaila is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms avara and śaila (शैल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvaraśaila (अवरशैल):—[=avara-śaila] [from avara] ās, m. [plural] ‘living or originated on the western mountain (in the monastery called avara śaila-saṅghārāma)’, Name of a Buddhist school.
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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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Partial matches: Shaila, Avara.
Full-text: Aparashaila, Purvashaila.
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