Mainakasvasri, Mainākasvasṛ, Mainaka-svasri: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Mainākasvasṛ can be transliterated into English as Mainakasvasr or Mainakasvasri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mainākasvasṛ (मैनाकस्वसृ).—f. epithet of Pārvatī.

Mainākasvasṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maināka and svasṛ (स्वसृ).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mainākasvasṛ (मैनाकस्वसृ).—f.

(-sā) The goddess Durga as Parvati. E. maināka, svasṛ sister.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mainākasvasṛ (मैनाकस्वसृ):—[=maināka-svasṛ] [from maināka] f. ‘sister of Maināka’, Name of Pārvatī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mainākasvasṛ (मैनाकस्वसृ):—[maināka-svasṛ] (sā) 1. f. Durgā.

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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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