Pishacasabha, Piśācasabha, Pishaca-sabha: 4 definitions

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Pishacasabha 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 Piśācasabha can be transliterated into English as Pisacasabha or Pishacasabha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Pishachasabha.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Piśācasabha (पिशाचसभ).—

1) an assemblage of fiends.

2) pandemonium, the hall of their assembly.

Derivable forms: piśācasabham (पिशाचसभम्).

Piśācasabha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms piśāca and sabha (सभ).

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

Piśācasabha (पिशाचसभ).—n.

(-bhaṃ) 1. An assemblage of goblins or fiends. 2. The place or hall of their assembly, pandemonium. E. piśāca a goblin, and sabhā assembly, but neuter in this compound.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Piśācasabha (पिशाचसभ):—[=piśāca-sabha] [from piśāca > piś] n. assemblage of P°s or fiends, pandemonium, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Piśācasabha (पिशाचसभ):—[piśāca-sabha] (bhaṃ) 1. n. An assemblage of fiends, a pandemonium.

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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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