Kaustubhavakshas, Kaustubhavakṣas, Kaustubha-vakshas: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Kaustubhavakṣas can be transliterated into English as Kaustubhavaksas or Kaustubhavakshas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kaustubhavakṣas (कौस्तुभवक्षस्).—m.

Kaustubhavakṣas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaustubha and vakṣas (वक्षस्). See also (synonyms): kaustubhalakṣaṇa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kaustubhavakṣas (कौस्तुभवक्षस्).—m.

(-kṣāḥ) A name of Vishnu or Krishna. E. kaustubha the jewel, and vakṣas the breast.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kaustubhavakṣas (कौस्तुभवक्षस्):—[=kaustubha-vakṣas] [from kaustubha] m. ‘whose breast is decorated with the Kaustubha’ idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kaustubhavakṣas (कौस्तुभवक्षस्):—[kaustubha-vakṣas] (kṣāḥ) 1. m. Idem.

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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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