Chattrinyaya, Chattrinyāya, Chattri-nyaya: 1 definition

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Chattrinyaya 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 Chhattrinyaya.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Chattrinyaya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Chattrinyāya (छत्त्रिन्याय):—[=chattri-nyāya] [from chattrin > chad] m. ‘the manner of applying the term chattrin to a king’, permitted synonym, [Mahābhārata iii, 19 [Scholiast or Commentator]; Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa xiv, 11, 3 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

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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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