Hastivaktra, Hastin-vaktra: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryHastivaktra (हस्तिवक्त्र).—Name of Gaṇeśa; Daśakumāracarita 2.3.
Derivable forms: hastivaktraḥ (हस्तिवक्त्रः).
Hastivaktra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hastin and vaktra (वक्त्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHastivaktra (हस्तिवक्त्र):—[=hasti-vaktra] [from hasti > hasta] m. ‘el°-faced’, Name of Gaṇeśa, [Daśakumāra-carita]
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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