Kurcashthivana, Kūrcaṣṭhīvana, Kurca-shthivana: 1 definition
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Kurcashthivana 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 Kūrcaṣṭhīvana can be transliterated into English as Kurcasthivana or Kurcashthivana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kurchashthivana.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKūrcaṣṭhīvana (कूर्चष्ठीवन).—n. boasting speech, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 462 (cf. the last).
Kūrcaṣṭhīvana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kūrca and ṣṭhīvana (ष्ठीवन).
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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