Purushasthimalin, Puruṣāsthimālin, Purusha-asthimalin: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Puruṣāsthimālin can be transliterated into English as Purusasthimalin or Purushasthimalin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Puruṣāsthimālin (पुरुषास्थिमालिन्).—m. an epithet of Śiva.

Puruṣāsthimālin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puruṣa and asthimālin (अस्थिमालिन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Puruṣāsthimālin (पुरुषास्थिमालिन्).—m. (-lī) SiVa. E. puruṣa a man, asthi a bone, mālā a necklace, and ini poss. aff.; wearing a necklace of human skulls.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Puruṣāsthimālin (पुरुषास्थिमालिन्):—[=puruṣāsthi-mālin] [from puruṣāstha > puruṣa] m. ‘wearing a necklace of human skulls’, Name of Śiva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Puruṣāsthimālin (पुरुषास्थिमालिन्):—[puruṣā+sthi-mālin] < [puruṣāsthi-mālin] (lī) 2. n. Shiva.

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Purushasthimalin in German

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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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