Pashughna, Paśughna, Pashu-ghna: 5 definitions
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Pashughna 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 Paśughna can be transliterated into English as Pasughna or Pashughna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPaśughna (पशुघ्न).—a. slaughtering cattle; वृथापशुध्नः प्राप्नोति प्रेत्य जन्मनि जन्मनि (vṛthāpaśudhnaḥ prāpnoti pretya janmani janmani) Manusmṛti 5.38.
Paśughna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms paśu and ghna (घ्न).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaśughna (पशुघ्न).—[adjective] killing cattle.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaśughna (पशुघ्न):—[=paśu-ghna] [from paśu > paś] mfn. slaughtering cattle, [Manu-smṛti v, 38] (cf. -han)
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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: Pashu, Ghna, Pacu.
Starts with: Pashughnatva.
Ends with: Vrithapashughna.
Full-text: Vrithapashughna, Pashughnatva, Apashuc.
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