Lilashuka, Līlāśuka, Lila-shuka: 5 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Līlāśuka can be transliterated into English as Lilasuka or Lilashuka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Līlāśuka (लीलाशुक).—a parrot kept for pleasure.

Derivable forms: līlāśukaḥ (लीलाशुकः).

Līlāśuka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms līlā and śuka (शुक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Līlāśuka (लीलाशुक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—an epithet of Bilvamaṅgala.

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

1) Līlāśuka (लीलाशुक):—[=līlā-śuka] [from līlā] m. ‘pleasure-parrot’, a parrot kept for pl°, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of the poet Bilva-maṅgala, [Catalogue(s)]

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Lilashuka 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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