Prishthayana, Pṛṣṭhayāna, Prishtha-yana: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pṛṣṭhayāna can be transliterated into English as Prsthayana or Prishthayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPṛṣṭhayāna (पृष्ठयान).—riding.
Derivable forms: pṛṣṭhayānam (पृष्ठयानम्).
Pṛṣṭhayāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pṛṣṭha and yāna (यान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛṣṭhayāna (पृष्ठयान).—n.
(-naṃ) Riding.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛṣṭhayāna (पृष्ठयान).—n. 1. going on horseback, riding, [Suśruta] 1, 258, 5. 2. a horse, Kām. Nītis. 7, 36 (at the end of a comp. adj.).
Pṛṣṭhayāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pṛṣṭha and yāna (यान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pṛṣṭhayāna (पृष्ठयान):—[=pṛṣṭha-yāna] [from pṛṣṭha] n. ‘going on the back (of a horse etc.)’, riding, [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] mfn. = next, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]
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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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