Ekantaduhshama, Ekāntaduḥṣamā, Ekanta-duhshama: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ekāntaduḥṣamā can be transliterated into English as Ekantaduhsama or Ekantaduhshama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkāntaduḥṣamā (एकान्तदुःषमा):—[=ekānta-duḥṣamā] [from ekānta > eka] f. ‘containing only bad years’, (with Jainas) Name of two spokes in the wheel of time (the sixth of the Avasarpiṇī and the first of the Utsarpiṇī, qq.v.)
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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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Partial matches: Duhshama, Ekanta.
Full-text: Ekantasushama, Utsarpini, Avasarpini.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 7: The sixth spoke < [Chapter XIII - Śrī Mahāvīra’s nirvāṇa]
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