Mahabhinishkramana, Mahābhiniṣkramaṇa: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Mahābhiniṣkramaṇa can be transliterated into English as Mahabhiniskramana or Mahabhinishkramana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahābhiniṣkramaṇa (महाभिनिष्क्रमण):—[from mahā > mah] (hābh) n. ‘the great going forth from home’, Name of Buddha’s celebrated abandonment of his own family, [Monier-Williams’ Buddhism 28; 308.]
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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