Kalayapushpaka, Kalāyapuṣpaka, Kalaya-pushpaka: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Kalāyapuṣpaka can be transliterated into English as Kalayapuspaka or Kalayapushpaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKalāyapuṣpaka (कलायपुष्पक).—A variety of gems; Kau. A.2.11.
Derivable forms: kalāyapuṣpakaḥ (कलायपुष्पकः).
Kalāyapuṣpaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kalāya and puṣpaka (पुष्पक).
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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