Brahmanagarshana, Brāhmaṇāgarśana, Brahmana-agarshana: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Brāhmaṇāgarśana can be transliterated into English as Brahmanagarsana or Brahmanagarshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Brāhmaṇāgarśana (ब्राह्मणागर्शन).—absence of Brahmanical instruction or guidance; वृषलत्वं गता लोके ब्राह्मणादर्शनेन च (vṛṣalatvaṃ gatā loke brāhmaṇādarśanena ca) Manusmṛti 1.43.

Derivable forms: brāhmaṇāgarśanam (ब्राह्मणागर्शनम्).

Brāhmaṇāgarśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms brāhmaṇa and agarśana (अगर्शन).

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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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