Kulasamkhya, Kulasaṃkhyā, Kula-samkhya: 8 definitions

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[«previous next»] — Kulasamkhya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kulasaṃkhyā (कुलसंख्या).—

1) family-respectability.

2) inclusion among respectable families; कुलसंख्यां च गच्छन्ति कर्षन्ति च महायशः (kulasaṃkhyāṃ ca gacchanti karṣanti ca mahāyaśaḥ) Manusmṛti 3.66.

Kulasaṃkhyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kula and saṃkhyā (संख्या).

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

Kulasaṃkhyā (कुलसंख्या).—f.

(-khyā) Ranking or being reckoned as a family respectability. E. kula, and saṃkhyā enumeration.

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

Kulasaṃkhya (कुलसंख्य).—f. being numbered among, belonging to eminent families, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 66.

Kulasaṃkhya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kula and saṃkhya (संख्य).

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

Kulasaṃkhyā (कुलसंख्या).—[feminine] the being numbered among the (noble) families, respectability.

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

Kulasaṃkhyā (कुलसंख्या):—[=kula-saṃkhyā] [from kula] f. ranking or being reckoned as a family, family respectability, [Manu-smṛti iii, 66.]

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

Kulasaṃkhyā (कुलसंख्या):—[kula-saṃkhyā] (khyā) 1. f. Being accounted a family, respectability.

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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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