Mahasatya, Mahāsatya, Maha-satya: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahāsatya (महासत्य).—an epithet of Yama.
Derivable forms: mahāsatyaḥ (महासत्यः).
Mahāsatya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and satya (सत्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāsatya (महासत्य):—[=mahā-satya] [from mahā > mah] m. Name of Yama, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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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