Bhadrashakha, Bhadra-shakha, Bhadraśākha: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bhadraśākha can be transliterated into English as Bhadrasakha or Bhadrashakha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhadraśākha (भद्रशाख).—an epithet of Kārtikeya.
Derivable forms: bhadraśākhaḥ (भद्रशाखः).
Bhadraśākha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhadra and śākha (शाख).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhadraśākha (भद्रशाख):—[=bhadra-śākha] [from bhadra > bhand] m. Name of a form of Skanda, [Mahābhārata]
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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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