Kridashaila, Krīḍāśaila, Krida-shaila: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Krīḍāśaila can be transliterated into English as Kridasaila or Kridashaila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKrīḍāśaila (क्रीडाशैल).—an artificial hill serving as a pleasure abode, a pleasure mountain; क्रीडाशैलः कनककदलीवेष्टनप्रेक्षणीयः (krīḍāśailaḥ kanakakadalīveṣṭanaprekṣaṇīyaḥ) Meghadūta 79.
Derivable forms: krīḍāśailaḥ (क्रीडाशैलः).
Krīḍāśaila is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms krīḍā and śaila (शैल). See also (synonyms): krīḍāparvata.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKrīḍāśaila (क्रीडाशैल):—[=krīḍā-śaila] [from krīḍā > krīḍ] m. = -parvata, [Meghadūta; Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi i, 6.]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKrīḍāśaila (ಕ್ರೀಡಾಶೈಲ):—[noun] a mountain like mound or structure made for playing games on; an artificial hill.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shaila, Krida.
Full-text: Kridaparvata, Kridacala, Kanakakadali, Veshtana, Rac.
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