Padmasvastika, Padma-svastika: 2 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPadmasvastika (पद्मस्वस्तिक).—m. or n. a mystical mark consisting of lotus flowers, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 10, 4 (Sch. a fourcornered sort of painting).
Padmasvastika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms padma and svastika (स्वस्तिक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPadmasvastika (पद्मस्वस्तिक):—[=padma-svastika] [from padma] n. a Sv° mark consisting of lotus-flowers, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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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