Prishthavahya, Pṛṣṭhavāhya, Prishtha-vahya: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pṛṣṭhavāhya can be transliterated into English as Prsthavahya or Prishthavahya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPṛṣṭhavāhya (पृष्ठवाह्य).—a draught-ox.
Derivable forms: pṛṣṭhavāhyaḥ (पृष्ठवाह्यः).
Pṛṣṭhavāhya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pṛṣṭha and vāhya (वाह्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛṣṭhavāhya (पृष्ठवाह्य).—m.
(-hyaḥ) An ox of burthen, carrying any thing on his back. E. pṛṣṭha the back, vah to bear, aff. ṇyat .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛṣṭhavāhya (पृष्ठवाह्य):—[=pṛṣṭha-vāhya] [from pṛṣṭha] m. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛṣṭhavāhya (पृष्ठवाह्य):—[pṛṣṭha-vāhya] (hyaḥ) 1. m. An ox of burden.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPṛṣṭhavāhya (ಪೃಷ್ಠವಾಹ್ಯ):—[noun] an ox as a draught animal.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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