Kanakashaila, Kanakaśaila, Kanaka-shaila: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Kanakaśaila can be transliterated into English as Kanakasaila or Kanakashaila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKanakaśaila (कनकशैल).—epithets of the mountain Sumeru; अधुना कुचौ ते स्पर्धेते किल कनकाचलेन सार्धम् (adhunā kucau te spardhete kila kanakācalena sārdham) Bv.2.9.
Derivable forms: kanakaśailaḥ (कनकशैलः).
Kanakaśaila is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kanaka and śaila (शैल). See also (synonyms): kanakācala, kanakādri, kanakagiri.
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: Shaila, Kanaka.
Full-text: Kanakacala, Kanakadri, Kanakagiri.
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