Parighastambha, Parigha-stambha: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parighastambha (परिघस्तम्भ).—a door-post; M.

Derivable forms: parighastambhaḥ (परिघस्तम्भः).

Parighastambha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms parigha and stambha (स्तम्भ).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parighastambha (परिघस्तम्भ).—[masculine] door-post.*

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

Parighastambha (परिघस्तम्भ):—[=pari-gha-stambha] [from pari-gha] m. a door-post, [Mālavikāgnimitra]

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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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