Mahayashakhya, Mahāyaśākhya: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Mahāyaśākhya can be transliterated into English as Mahayasakhya or Mahayashakhya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryMahāyaśākhya (महायशाख्य).—adj., = maheśākhya, q.v., Śikṣāsamuccaya 303.11 (verse; meter correct). Is this only a hyper-Sanskritism, or does it give a clue to the real etymology of maheśākhya and Pali mahesakkha? Having a very glorious name fits the word at least as well, and is in my opinion at least as plausible etymologically, as the traditional (but rather mechanical) analysis mahā plus īśa plus ākhyā.
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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Full-text: Maheshakhya.
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