Pashakapitha, Pāśakapīṭha, Pashaka-pitha: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pāśakapīṭha can be transliterated into English as Pasakapitha or Pashakapitha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPāśakapīṭha (पाशकपीठ).—a gambling house or table; अर्धवाचितं पाशकपीठे तिष्ठति पुस्तकम् (ardhavācitaṃ pāśakapīṭhe tiṣṭhati pustakam) Mṛcchakaṭika 4.27/28.
Derivable forms: pāśakapīṭham (पाशकपीठम्).
Pāśakapīṭha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pāśaka and pīṭha (पीठ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPāśakapīṭha (पाशकपीठ).—[masculine] board for playing at dice.*
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPāśakapīṭha (पाशकपीठ):—[=pāśaka-pīṭha] [from pāśaka > pāśa] m. or n. a gaming-table, [Mṛcchakaṭikā]
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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