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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Himaprastha (हिमप्रस्थ).—the Himālaya mountain.

Derivable forms: himaprasthaḥ (हिमप्रस्थः).

Himaprastha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hima and prastha (प्रस्थ).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Himaprastha (हिमप्रस्थ).—m.

(-sthaḥ) The Himalaya mountain. E. hima cold, prastha abode.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Himaprastha (हिमप्रस्थ).—m. the Himālaya mountains.

Himaprastha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hima and prastha (प्रस्थ).

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

Himaprastha (हिमप्रस्थ):—[=hima-prastha] [from hima > him] m. ‘having snowy table-land’, the Himālaya mountain, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Himaprastha (हिमप्रस्थ):—[hima-prastha] (sthaḥ) 1. m. The Himālaya mountain.

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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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Partial matches: Hima, Prastha.

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