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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Phalaha (फलह).—(°-), also written °kha, °ka, in composition with stāra (compare AMg. phalaha, defined as a big plank, [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary], and identified with Sanskrit phalaka), some part of a gate or door: Mahāvastu i.195.13; iii.228.10 (prose; same passage; follow- ing the sentence containing phalikha- (q.v.)-phalakāni; in i.195.13 mss. phalaha-stārā(ḥ), Senart em. phalaka-; in iii.228.10 he reads phalaka° without v.l., but according to his note i p. 530, on the other passage, one ms. at least reads phalakha-stārā(ḥ); it seems reasonably clear that the AMg. form, conceivably with °kha for °ha, was read in Mahāvastu. (Cf. phalikāstaraṇa? but I cannot mediate between these two forms, both enigmatic.)

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Phalaha (फलह) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Phalai, Phalahaga.

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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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Starts with: Phalahaga, Phalahaka, Phalahalai, Phalahanai, Phalahani, Phalahara, Phalaharaka, Phalaharamamdira, Phalahari, Phalaharin, Phalahata.

Full-text: Phalakha, Stara, Phalai, Phalahaga, Phalikha, Phalaka.

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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)

Chapter XXI - Former Buddhas < [Volume III]

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