Kathinaprishtha, Kaṭhinapṛṣṭha, Kathina-prishtha: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kaṭhinapṛṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Kathinaprstha or Kathinaprishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKaṭhinapṛṣṭha (कठिनपृष्ठ).—a tortoise.
Derivable forms: kaṭhinapṛṣṭhaḥ (कठिनपृष्ठः).
Kaṭhinapṛṣṭha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṭhina and pṛṣṭha (पृष्ठ). See also (synonyms): kaṭhinaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṭhinapṛṣṭha (कठिनपृष्ठ).—m.
(-ṣṭhaḥ) A tortoise. E. kaṭhina, and pṛṣṭha back; also kaṭhinapṛṣṭhaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṭhinapṛṣṭha (कठिनपृष्ठ):—[=kaṭhina-pṛṣṭha] [from kaṭhina > kaṭh] m. ‘hard-backed’, a tortoise, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṭhinapṛṣṭha (कठिनपृष्ठ):—[kaṭhina-pṛṣṭha] (ṣṭhaḥ) 1. m. A tortoise.
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: Prishtha, Kathina.
Starts with: Kathinaprishthaka.
Full-text: Kathinaka.
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