Kutakoshtha, Kūṭakoṣṭha, Kuta-koshtha: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Kūṭakoṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Kutakostha or Kutakoshtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKūṭakoṣṭha (कूटकोष्ठ).—a. compartment on the top of a building (Kāmikāgama 55.123-3); (kūṭaśālā and kūṭāgāra are synonyms).
Derivable forms: kūṭakoṣṭham (कूटकोष्ठम्).
Kūṭakoṣṭha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kūṭa and koṣṭha (कोष्ठ).
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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