Kalmashanghri, Kalmāṣāṅghri: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kalmāṣāṅghri can be transliterated into English as Kalmasanghri or Kalmashanghri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Kalmāṣāṅghri (कल्माषाङ्घ्रि).—See under the word KALMĀṢAPĀDA.
Kalmāṣāṅghri (कल्माषाङ्घ्रि).—See saudāsa.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 9. 18.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Kalmāṣāṅghri (कल्माषाङ्घ्रि):—[from kalmāṣa] m. Name of a king (= ṣa-pāda), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Kalmāṣāṅghri (कल्माषाङ्घ्रि):—(ka + aṅghri) m. = kalmāṣapāda [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 9, 18.]
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Kalmāṣāṅghri (कल्माषाङ्घ्रि):—[Oxforder Handschriften 74,a,21.]
Kalmāṣāṅghri (कल्माषाङ्घ्रि):—m. = kalmāṣapāda 2).
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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