Prashantaceshta, Praśāntaceṣṭa, Prashanta-ceshta: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Praśāntaceṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Prasantacesta or Prashantaceshta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Prashantacheshta.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPraśāntaceṣṭa (प्रशान्तचेष्ट).—a. resting, ceased to work.
Praśāntaceṣṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms praśānta and ceṣṭa (चेष्ट).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraśāntaceṣṭa (प्रशान्तचेष्ट).—mfn.
(-ṣṭaḥ-ṣṭā-ṣṭaṃ) Resting, E. praśānta and ceṣṭā effort.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraśāntaceṣṭa (प्रशान्तचेष्ट):—[=pra-śānta-ceṣṭa] [from pra-śānta > pra-śān > pra-śam] mfn. one whose efforts have ceased, resting, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraśāntaceṣṭa (प्रशान्तचेष्ट):—[pra-śānta-ceṣṭa] (ṣṭaḥ-ṣṭā-ṣṭaṃ) a. Resting.
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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