Dantapraveshta, Dantapraveṣṭa, Danta-praveshta: 2 definitions
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Dantapraveshta 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.
The Sanskrit term Dantapraveṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Dantapravesta or Dantapraveshta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDantapraveṣṭa (दन्तप्रवेष्ट).—sheath of an elephant's tusk; Mātaṅga L.5.4; ऊर्ध्वार्धासिच्छिन्नदन्तप्रवेष्टम् (ūrdhvārdhāsicchinnadantapraveṣṭam) Śiśupālavadha 18.47.
Derivable forms: dantapraveṣṭam (दन्तप्रवेष्टम्).
Dantapraveṣṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms danta and praveṣṭa (प्रवेष्ट).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDantapraveṣṭa (दन्तप्रवेष्ट):—[=danta-praveṣṭa] [from danta] a case round an elephant’s tusk, [Śiśupāla-vadha xviii, 47.]
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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