Guptagriha, Guptagṛha, Gupta-griha: 3 definitions

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Guptagriha 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 Guptagṛha can be transliterated into English as Guptagrha or Guptagriha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Guptagṛha (गुप्तगृह).—bed-room.

Derivable forms: guptagṛham (गुप्तगृहम्).

Guptagṛha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gupta and gṛha (गृह).

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

Guptagṛha (गुप्तगृह):—[=gupta-gṛha] [from gupta > gup] n. ‘secret room’, bed-room, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes; Pañcadaṇḍacchattra-prabandha]

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Guptagriha in German

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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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