Padanushanga, Padānuṣaṅga, Pada-anushanga: 4 definitions

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Padanushanga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Padānuṣaṅga can be transliterated into English as Padanusanga or Padanushanga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Padānuṣaṅga (पदानुषङ्ग).—anything added to a pada.

Derivable forms: padānuṣaṅgaḥ (पदानुषङ्गः).

Padānuṣaṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pada and anuṣaṅga (अनुषङ्ग).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

1) Padanuṣaṅga (पदनुषङ्ग):—[=pad-anuṣaṅga] m. anything appended to a Pada or quarter of a verse, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] (cf. padānuṣ).

2) Padānuṣaṅga (पदानुषङ्ग):—[from pada > pad] m. anything added or appended to a Pada, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra] (cf. pad-anuṣ).

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

Padanuṣaṅga (पदनुषङ्ग):—(2. pad + a) m. Pada- (Versviertel)- Anhängsel [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8, 6, 2, 3.] — Vgl. padānuṣaṅga .

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Padānuṣaṅga (पदानुषङ्ग):—(pada + anu) m. Pada- Anhängsel [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 18, 19, 10. 17, 14, 3.] [KAUṢ. ĀR. 2, 16.] — Vgl. padanuṣaṅga .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Padanuṣaṅga (पदनुषङ्ग):—m. Versviertel-Anhängsel.

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Padānuṣaṅga (पदानुषङ्ग):—m. Pada-Anhängsel.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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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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