Hamsalakshana, Haṃsalakṣaṇa: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Haṃsalakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Hamsalaksana or Hamsalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryHaṃsalakṣaṇa (हंसलक्षण).—m. or nt. (= AMg. haṃsalakkhaṇa, according to [Paia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo] white or pure, according to [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary] marked with the image of a haṃsa; [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary] cites [compound] °khaṇa-paḍa- sāḍaga, which proves that it means a kind of cloth), a kind of fine cloth, probably haṃsa-like in one of the senses indicated by [Paia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo] above: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 89.6 koṭambaka-haṃsalak- ṣaṇaiḥ, see s.v. koṭambaka; Chin. seems to render this word bright, white, and clean (three words), agreeing with [Paia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo]; Gaṇḍavyūha 495.4 haṃsalakṣaṇa-vastra-bhūtaṃ sarvasaṃ- sāradoṣa-saṃsṛṣṭatayā (read with 2d ed. °doṣāsaṃ°), it is like a pure white garment (? a haṃsalakṣaṇa garment) because it is not contaminated with all the bad qualities of the saṃsāra.
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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