Hastiniyamsa, Hastiniyaṃsa, Hasti-niyamsa: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryHastiniyaṃsa (हस्तिनियंस).—(!) , name of a man: Mahāvyutpatti 3664 (Mironov id.) = Tibetan glaṅ po ches ḥdul ba, conquering (! as if from ni-yam) by elephants. Is the scond member actually con- nected with AMg. ṇiyaṃsai (Sanskrit nivaste), puts on (clothes, or, in Sanskrit, a sword), ṇiyaṃsaṇa (Sanskrit nivasana), garment, attire ?
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: Hastin.
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