Madanadahanashana, Madanadahanāśana, Madana-dahanashana: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Madanadahanāśana can be transliterated into English as Madanadahanasana or Madanadahanashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Madanadahanāśana (मदनदहनाशन).—epithets of Śiva.

Derivable forms: madanadahanāśanaḥ (मदनदहनाशनः).

Madanadahanāśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madana and dahanāśana (दहनाशन). See also (synonyms): madanāntaka, madanāri, madanadamana, madanadahana, madanaripu.

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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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