Balapashya, Bālapāśyā, Bala-pashya: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Bālapāśyā can be transliterated into English as Balapasya or Balapashya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bālapāśyā (बालपाश्या).—

1) an ornament worn in the hair when parted.

2) a string of pearls binding or intertwining the braid of hair.

Bālapāśyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bāla and pāśyā (पाश्या).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bālapāśyā (बालपाश्या).—f.

(-śyā) 1. An ornament of gold or silver, &c. worn between the hair divided on the forehead. 2. A string of pearls binding the hair. E. bāla hair, pāśa a tie or quantity and yat aff. “siṃ~tī” .

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

Bālapāśyā (बालपाश्या):—[=bāla-pāśyā] [from bāla] f. a string of pearls or other ornament for the hair, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bālapāśyā (बालपाश्या):—[bāla-pāśyā] (śyā) 1. f. Ornament of gold or silver; string of pearls.

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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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