Parshvaparivartana, Pārśvaparivartana, Parshva-parivartana: 4 definitions

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Parshvaparivartana 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 Pārśvaparivartana can be transliterated into English as Parsvaparivartana or Parshvaparivartana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pārśvaparivartana (पार्श्वपरिवर्तन).—

1) turning round from one side to the other in a bed.

2) Name of a festival on the twelfth day of the first half of Bhādrapada (when Viṣṇu is supposed to turn upon the other side in his sleep).

Derivable forms: pārśvaparivartanam (पार्श्वपरिवर्तनम्).

Pārśvaparivartana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pārśva and parivartana (परिवर्तन).

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

Pārśvaparivartana (पार्श्वपरिवर्तन):—[=pārśva-parivartana] [from pārśva > pārśava] n. ‘turning round’, Name of a festival on the 11th day of the light half of the month Bhādra (on which Viṣṇu is supposed to turn upon the other side in his sleep), [Colebrooke]

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Parshvaparivartana 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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