Caranaskandana, Caraṇāskandana, Carana-askandana: 4 definitions
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Caranaskandana 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Charanaskandana.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryCaraṇāskandana (चरणास्कन्दन).—trampling, treading under foot.
Derivable forms: caraṇāskandanam (चरणास्कन्दनम्).
Caraṇāskandana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms caraṇa and āskandana (आस्कन्दन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryCaraṇāskandana (चरणास्कन्दन).—n.
(-naṃ) Trampling, trading on. E. caraṇa and āskandana going.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCaraṇāskandana (चरणास्कन्दन):—[from caraṇa > car] n. treading down with the feet, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryCaraṇāskandana (चरणास्कन्दन):—[caraṇā-skandana] (naṃ) 1. n. Treading on.
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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