Kanvashakha, Kaṇvaśākhā: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kaṇvaśākhā can be transliterated into English as Kanvasakha or Kanvashakha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumKaṇvaśākhā (कण्वशाखा) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Uttarīyakarman. K. 166. Śrāvaṇī. K. 198.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāṇvaśākhā (काण्वशाखा):—[=kāṇva-śākhā] [from kāṇva] f. the Kāṇva branch or school of the White Yajur-veda.
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: Shakha, Kanva.
Starts with: Kanvashakhamahatmya.
Full-text (+2): Yajnavalkiyakanda, Pravargyakanda, Vajapeya, Rajasuya, Madhyamakanda, Haviryajna, Agnirahasyakanda, Ashvamedhakanda, Grahakanda, Kanvanam vishesha, Adhvarakanda, Citikanda, Koshala, Ekapadikakanda, Upanishad, Shatapathavrahmana, Shatapathabrahmana, Antyeshtipaddhati, Dashakarmapaddhati, Kanva.
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The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 9 - On the origin of the Śakti of the Earth < [Book 9]
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Brahma Sutras (Ramanuja) (by George Thibaut)
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