Paretavasa, Paretavāsa, Pareta-vasa: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Paretavāsa (परेतवास).—a cemetery; विकीर्णकेशासु परेतभूमिषु (vikīrṇakeśāsu paretabhūmiṣu) Kumārasambhava 5.68.

Derivable forms: paretavāsaḥ (परेतवासः).

Paretavāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pareta and vāsa (वास).

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

Paretāvāsa (परेतावास):—[from pareta > pare] m. = -bhūmi, [ib.]

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Paretavasa 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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