Mahasukta, Mahāsūkta, Maha-sukta: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahāsūkta (महासूक्त).—the composer of the great Sūktas or hymns of the 1th Maṇḍala of the Ṛgveda.
Derivable forms: mahāsūktaḥ (महासूक्तः).
Mahāsūkta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and sūkta (सूक्त).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mahāsūkta (महासूक्त):—[=mahā-sūkta] [from mahā > mah] n. a gr° hymn, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] [plural] the gr° hymns of the 10th Maṇḍala of the Ṛgveda (id est. 1-128), [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] m. the composer of the gr° h° (of the 10th Maṇḍala), [Gṛhya-sūtra]
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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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Partial matches: Maha, Shukta.
Starts with: Mahasuktavidhana.
Full-text: Mahasuktavidhana.
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