Bashkiha, Baṣkiha: 4 definitions

Introduction:

Bashkiha 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 Baṣkiha can be transliterated into English as Baskiha or Bashkiha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Bāṣkiha (बाष्किह), “descendant of Baṣkiha”, is the patronymic of Śunaskarṇa in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa. In the Baudhāyana Śrauta Sūtra he is a descendant of Śibi.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Baṣkiha (बष्किह):—[from baṣkaya] mfn. old, decrepit, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā] (vaṣk).

2) Bāṣkiha (बाष्किह):—m. [patronymic] [from] baṣkiha, [Pañcaviṃśa-brāhmaṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Bashkiha in German

context information

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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