Rakshasaghna, Rākṣasaghna, Rakshasa-ghna: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Rākṣasaghna can be transliterated into English as Raksasaghna or Rakshasaghna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryRākṣasaghna (राक्षसघ्न).—Name of Rāma.
Derivable forms: rākṣasaghnaḥ (राक्षसघ्नः).
Rākṣasaghna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rākṣasa and ghna (घ्न).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryRākṣasaghna (राक्षसघ्न):—[=rākṣasa-ghna] [from rākṣasa] m. ‘R°-slayer’, Name of Rāma, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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