Pakshilasvamin, Pakṣilasvāmin: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pakṣilasvāmin can be transliterated into English as Paksilasvamin or Pakshilasvamin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumPakṣilasvāmin (पक्षिलस्वामिन्) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a name of Vātsyāyana. Quoted in the Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha Oxf. 247^a.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPakṣilasvāmin (पक्षिलस्वामिन्):—[=pakṣila-svāmin] [from pakṣila > pakṣ] m. idem (as identified with Cāṇakya), [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
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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Partial matches: Pakshila, Svamin.
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