Gaganasparshana, Gaganasparśana, Gagana-sparshana, Gagaṇasparśana: 6 definitions

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Gaganasparshana 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 terms Gaganasparśana and Gagaṇasparśana can be transliterated into English as Gaganasparsana or Gaganasparshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gaganasparśana (गगनस्पर्शन) or Gagaṇasparśana (गगणस्पर्शन).—

1) air, wind.

2) Name of one of the eight Maruts.

Derivable forms: gaganasparśanaḥ (गगनस्पर्शनः), gagaṇasparśanaḥ (गगणस्पर्शनः).

Gaganasparśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gagana and sparśana (स्पर्शन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gagaṇasparśana (गगणस्पर्शन).—m.

(-naḥ) Air, wind. E. gagaṇa, and sparśana who touches.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Gaganasparśana (गगनस्पर्शन):—[=gagana-sparśana] [from gagana] m. ‘touching the sky’, Name of one of the 8 Maruts, [Yājñavalkya ii, 100 ff. [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) [v.s. ...] air, wind, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gagaṇasparśana (गगणस्पर्शन):—[gagaṇa-sparśana] (naḥ) 1. m. Wind.

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Gaganasparshana in German

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