Priyakhyayin, Priyākhyāyin: 2 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPriyākhyāyin (प्रियाख्यायिन्).—adj. (Sanskrit °khya), (a messenger) who brings good news: Divyāvadāna 386.17; 529.8 f.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPriyākhyāyin (प्रियाख्यायिन्):—[from priya > prī] m. a teller announcing good news, [Divyāvadāna]
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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