Pashanacaturdashi, Pāṣāṇacaturdaśī, Pashana-caturdashi: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pāṣāṇacaturdaśī can be transliterated into English as Pasanacaturdasi or Pashanacaturdashi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Pashanachaturdashi.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPāṣāṇacaturdaśī (पाषाणचतुर्दशी).—Name of a festival on the 14th day of the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, when the sun is in the वृश्चिकराशि (vṛścikarāśi), in honour of Gaurī. In this festival sweet balls shaped like a पाषाण (pāṣāṇa) are prepared.
Pāṣāṇacaturdaśī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pāṣāṇa and caturdaśī (चतुर्दशी).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPāṣāṇacaturdaśī (पाषाणचतुर्दशी):—[=pāṣāṇa-caturdaśī] [from pāṣāṇa] f. the 14th day in the light half of the month Mārgaśīrṣa (on which a festival of Gaurī is celebrated, when cakes made of rice and shaped like large pebbles are eaten), [Bhaviṣya-purāṇa, khaṇḍa 1 & 2: bhaviṣya-purāṇa & bhaviṣyottara-purāṇa]
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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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Partial matches: Pasana, Caturdashi.
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