Parshvaparivarttana, Pārśvaparivarttana: 2 definitions

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Parshvaparivarttana 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 Pārśvaparivarttana can be transliterated into English as Parsvaparivarttana or Parshvaparivarttana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pārśvaparivarttana (पार्श्वपरिवर्त्तन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Turning round from one side to the other in a bed. 2. A festival held in the eleventh day of the first half of Bhadra when Vishnu is supposed to turn upon the other side in his sleep. E. pārśva, and parivarttana turning.

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

Pārśvaparivarttana (पार्श्वपरिवर्त्तन):—[pārśva-parivarttana] (naṃ) 1. n. Turning on one’s side, rolling over.

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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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