Sakashat, Sakāśāt: 1 definition
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Sakashat means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Sakāśāt can be transliterated into English as Sakasat or Sakashat, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySakāśāt (सकाशात्).—postpos. with gen., used in any sense per-taining to the abl. case; see Speyer Sanskrit Synt. § 189, citing a Sanskrit case of meaning (1), none of meaning (2); (1) than: ayaṃ deva sarveṣāṃ sakāśād adhikataraṃ (more than all) pūjyate Divyāvadāna 396.26; asti sthavira tvatsakāśād anyo vṛddhataraḥ 399.28, is there any other older than you?; (2) because, on account (of): mahārāja tac caityaṃ na labhe brāhmaṇāṇāṃ sakāśād (on account of the brahmans) yathābhipretaṃ kārayitum Divyāvadāna 243.25.
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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Full-text (+2): Sakasa, Mrigay, Nibudh, Arthaniya, Pratigraha, Upashru, Dhanurguna, Kalanukalam, Anushrinoti, Dapaniya, Parityaga, Sakshat, Mrig, Agnigarbha, Shiksh, Anvadheya, Antika, Budh, Samanvaharati, Samanvaharate.
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Search found 12 books and stories containing Sakashat, Sakāśāt, Sakasat; (plurals include: Sakashats, Sakāśāts, Sakasats). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.16.1 < [Chapter 16 - Description of Śrī Rādhikā’s Wedding]
Verse 2.23.8 < [Chapter 23 - The Killing of Śaṅkhacūḍa During the Rāsa-dance Pastime]
Verses 5.7.14-15 < [Chapter 7 - The Killing of Kuvalayāpīḍa]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 7.71.5 < [Sukta 71]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.35-37 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Sankhayana-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Act 9.7: Samantaraśmi starts his journey to the Sahā universe < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]
Vakyapadiya (study of the concept of Sentence) (by Sarath P. Nath)
6.1. Date of Bhartṛhari (The Philosopher Linguist) < [Chapter 1 - The Philosophy of Language: A Bhartṛharian Perspective]