Padashastra, Padaśāstra, Pada-shastra: 5 definitions

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Padashastra 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 Padaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Padasastra or Padashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Padashastra in Sanskrit glossary

Padaśāstra (पदशास्त्र).—the science of separately written words.

Derivable forms: padaśāstram (पदशास्त्रम्).

Padaśāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pada and śāstra (शास्त्र).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Padaśāstra (पदशास्त्र):—[=pada-śāstra] [from pada > pad] n. the science of separately written words, [Atharvaveda-prātiśākhya] [Scholiast or Commentator]

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

Padaśāstra (पदशास्त्र):—n. die Lehre von den getrennt geschriebenen Wörtern (im Veda) [Scholiast] zu [Prātiśākha zum Atharvaveda 4, 122.]

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

Padaśāstra (पदशास्त्र):—n. die Lehre von den getrennt geschriebenen Wörtern.

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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Padashastra in Kannada glossary

Padaśāstra (ಪದಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ):—[noun] = ಪದವಿದ್ಯೆ [padavidye].

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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