Bashpakantha, Bāṣpakaṇṭha, Bashpa-kantha: 3 definitions
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Bashpakantha 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 Bāṣpakaṇṭha can be transliterated into English as Baspakantha or Bashpakantha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBāṣpakaṇṭha (बाष्पकण्ठ).—a. having tears in the throat, choked with tears.
Bāṣpakaṇṭha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bāṣpa and kaṇṭha (कण्ठ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBāṣpakaṇṭha (बाष्पकण्ठ).—[feminine] ī choking with tears (lit. having tears in the throat).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBāṣpakaṇṭha (बाष्पकण्ठ):—[=bāṣpa-kaṇṭha] [from bāṣpa] mf(ī)n., ‘having tears in the throat’, almost choked with t°, [Śakuntalā]
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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