Caurakilvisha, Caurakilviṣa, Caura-kilvisha: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Caurakilviṣa can be transliterated into English as Caurakilvisa or Caurakilvisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chaurakilvisha.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryCaurakilviṣa (चौरकिल्विष).—n. an offence equal to larceny, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 198.
Caurakilviṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms caura and kilviṣa (किल्विष).
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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