Hiranyakaksha, Hiraṇyakakṣa, Hiranya-kaksha: 4 definitions
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Hiranyakaksha 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 Hiraṇyakakṣa can be transliterated into English as Hiranyakaksa or Hiranyakaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryHiraṇyakakṣa (हिरण्यकक्ष).—a. wearing a golden girdle.
Hiraṇyakakṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hiraṇya and kakṣa (कक्ष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryHiraṇyakakṣa (हिरण्यकक्ष).—adj., f. kṣā, wearing a golden girdle, Mahābhārata 4, 2108.
Hiraṇyakakṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hiraṇya and kakṣa (कक्ष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHiraṇyakakṣa (हिरण्यकक्ष):—[=hiraṇya-kakṣa] [from hiraṇya > hiraṇa] ([Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]) ([Taittirīya-āraṇyaka; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]) mfn. wearing a g° girdle.
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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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