Mangalakshauma, Maṅgalakṣauma, Mangala-kshauma: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Maṅgalakṣauma can be transliterated into English as Mangalaksauma or Mangalakshauma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Mangalakshauma in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Maṅgalakṣauma (मङ्गलक्षौम).—a silken cloth worn on occasions of festivity; दधतो मङ्गलक्षौमे वसानस्य च वल्कले (dadhato maṅgalakṣaume vasānasya ca valkale) R.12.8.

Derivable forms: maṅgalakṣaumam (मङ्गलक्षौमम्).

Maṅgalakṣauma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maṅgala and kṣauma (क्षौम).

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

Maṅgalakṣauma (मङ्गलक्षौम):—[=maṅgala-kṣauma] [from maṅgala] n. [dual number] a linen upperand under-garment worn at festivals, [Raghuvaṃśa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mangalakshauma in German

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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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