Kurushreshtha, Kuruśreṣṭha, Kuru-shreshtha: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kuruśreṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Kurusrestha or Kurushreshtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuruśreṣṭha (कुरुश्रेष्ठ) or Bharataśreṣṭha or Bhṛguśreṣṭha.—m. an excellent descendant of Kuru, Bharata, Bhṛgu,
Kuruśreṣṭha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kuru and śreṣṭha (श्रेष्ठ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuruśreṣṭha (कुरुश्रेष्ठ):—[=kuru-śreṣṭha] [from kuru] m. Name of Arjuna, [Bhagavad-gītā]
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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Partial matches: Shreshtha, Kuru.
Full-text: Ambarishaka, Bharatashreshtha, Bhrigushreshtha, Pradhanya, Abhipanna, Bhurishrava, Kuru.
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