Garbhavakranti, Garbhāvakrānti, Garbha-avakranti: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGarbhāvakrānti (गर्भावक्रान्ति).—f. descent of the soul into the womb.
Derivable forms: garbhāvakrāntiḥ (गर्भावक्रान्तिः).
Garbhāvakrānti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms garbha and avakrānti (अवक्रान्ति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGarbhāvakrānti (गर्भावक्रान्ति):—[from garbha] f. ‘descent of the foetus into a womb’, conception, [Caraka iv, 4, 1.]
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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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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
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