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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKanyas (कन्यस्).—a.
1) Younger, smaller; कन्यसी स्वसा (kanyasī svasā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3. 23.8.
2) Lower; कन्यसीं वृत्तिमास्थितः (kanyasīṃ vṛttimāsthitaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.214.1.
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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Starts with: Kanyasa, Kanyasampradana, Kanyasamprayuktaka, Kanyasamskara, Kanyasamudbhava, Kanyasamvedya, Kanyasamvedyatirtha, Kanyasara, Kanyase, Kanyasere, Kanyashrama, Kanyashulka, Kanyasoli, Kanyasvayamvara.
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Maha Kassapa (by Hellmuth Hecker)
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