Kandaprishta, Kāṇḍapṛṣṭa: 1 definition
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Kandaprishta 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 Kāṇḍapṛṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Kandaprsta or Kandaprishta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāṇḍapṛṣṭa (काण्डपृष्ट).—mfn.
(-ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhā-ṣṭhaṃ) Of the military profession, a soldier. m.
(-ṣṭhaḥ) 1. The husband of a Vaisya female. 2. An adopted or any other than the natural son. n.
(-ṣṭhaṃ) The bow of Kama. E. kāṇḍa an arrow, and pṛṣṭha the back: see kāṇḍaspṛṣṭa.
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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