Kshataghna, Kṣataghna: 5 definitions

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Kshataghna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Kṣataghna can be transliterated into English as Ksataghna or Kshataghna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Kṣataghna (क्षतघ्न).—m.

(-ghnaḥ) The name of a plant, (Conyza lacera.) f. (-ghnī) Lac, the animal dye. E. kṣata a wound, and ghna what destroys or removes; from han to kill, affix ṭhak, fem. affix ṅīṣ.

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

1) Kṣataghna (क्षतघ्न):—[=kṣata-ghna] [from kṣata > kṣan] mfn. ‘removing sores’, the plant Conyza lacera, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] f(ā, ī). lac, the animal dye, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kṣataghna (क्षतघ्न):—[kṣata-ghna] (ghnaḥ) 1. m. A plant (Conyza lacera). (ghnī) f. Lac.

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Kshataghna in German

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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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