Pithagarbha, Pīṭhagarbha, Pitha-garbha: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPīṭhagarbha (पीठगर्भ).—the cavity in the pedestal of an idol.
Derivable forms: pīṭhagarbhaḥ (पीठगर्भः).
Pīṭhagarbha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pīṭha and garbha (गर्भ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPīṭhagarbha (पीठगर्भ).—m.
(-rbhaḥ) The cavity in the Pedestal of an idol.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPīṭhagarbha (पीठगर्भ):—[=pīṭha-garbha] [from pīṭha] m. the cavity in the pedestal of an idol, [Varāha-mihira [Scholiast or Commentator]]
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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