Parshvacanta, Pārśvācānta: 2 definitions
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Parshvacanta 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 Pārśvācānta can be transliterated into English as Parsvacanta or Parshvacanta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Parshvachanta.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPārśvācānta (पार्श्वाचान्त).—n.
(-ntaṃ) Food not to be taken after one of the party has washed his mouth. E. pārśva, and ācānta sipped.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPārśvācānta (पार्श्वाचान्त):—[pārśvā+cānta] (ntaṃ) 1. m. Food not to be taken after one of the party has washed his mouth.
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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