Prishthi, Pṛṣṭhi, Pṛṣṭhī: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit terms Pṛṣṭhi and Pṛṣṭhī can be transliterated into English as Prsthi or Prishthi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPṛṣṭhi (पृष्ठि).—f. (or m.? compare late Sanskrit pṛṣṭi, [Boehtlingk]; [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] mss., in fact, mostly ṭ, not ṭh; = Pali piṭṭhī; for Sanskrit pṛṣṭha), back: °ī MPS 30.5; loc. sg. pṛṣṭhīyam Mahāvastu ii.232.13; pṛṣṭhismin iii.73.3; adv. pṛṣṭhito (= Pali piṭṭhito), in back, Mahāvastu i.31.3; pṛṣṭhi-vaṃśo Lalitavistara 260.2 (verse), backbone, and see next.
Pṛṣṭhi can also be spelled as Pṛṣṭhī (पृष्ठी).
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Pṛṣṭhi (पृष्ठि) or Pṛṣṭha.—(pṛṣṭhi-, pṛṣṭha-, pṛṣṭhī-) ; mss. sometimes pṛṣṭi-) -kaṇṭaka, often spelled °kaṇṭhaka (see this) in mss. of Mahāvastu, m. or nt. (= Pali piṭṭhi-kaṇṭaka; also piṭṭhī-?), backbone: Lalitavistara 254.13 evaṃ me pṛṣṭhīkaṇṭako 'bhūd; 20 pṛṣṭhikaṇṭakam evāsprākṣam; 256.1 pṛṣṭhīkaṇṭakaḥ; Mahāvastu ii.125.16 pṛṣṭhakaṇṭakāni; 127.5 pṛṣṭhikaṇṭakāsthikāni; 128.10 pṛṣṭhikaṇṭakāni; 129.12 evam eva me pṛṣṭha- kaṇṭakaṃ (mss., Senart em. °kā) abhūnsuḥ (all passages are prose); pṛṣṭhikaṇṭakam Mahāvastu ii.127.10; 128.15; 129.17, see prec. and next.
Pṛṣṭhi can also be spelled as Pṛṣṭhī (पृष्ठी).
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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Starts with: Prishthibhavati, Prishthibhu, Prishthika, Prishthikantaka, Prishthima, Prishthimapottaka, Prishthiparni.
Ends with: Kankaprishthi, Krakacaprishthi, Krakachaprishthi.
Full-text: Krakacaprishthi, Prishtha, Prishthakantaka, Prishthikantaka, Prishthakanthaka, Avaprishthikrita, Vipishti, Baisakasana, Paraprishthibhutva, Saprishthibhuto, Avaprishthibhuta, Prishthibhu, Kankaprishthi, Viprishthibhu, Prishthima, Avilayati, Kanthaka, Vahika, Miravanem, Prishthibhavati.
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