Sakhanagara, Sākhānagara, Shakhanagara, Śākhānagara, Shakha-nagara: 10 definitions
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Sakhanagara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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 Śākhānagara can be transliterated into English as Sakhanagara or Shakhanagara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
India history and geography
Śākhānagara (शाखानगर) refers to the “branch town” as opposed to the Mūlanagara“main city” according to the Amarakośa 2.2.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Pali-English dictionary
sākhānagara : (nt.) a suburb.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
śākhānagara (शाखानगर).—n S The outskirts of a town; suburbs or a suburb; a branch-town.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Śākhānagara (शाखानगर).—a suburb; प्रवेशयेच्च तान् सर्वान् शाखानगरकेष्वपि (praveśayecca tān sarvān śākhānagarakeṣvapi).
Derivable forms: śākhānagaram (शाखानगरम्).
Śākhānagara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śākhā and nagara (नगर). See also (synonyms): śākhāpura.
Śākhānagara (शाखानगर).—n.
(-raṃ) A suburb. E. śākhā a branch or sub-division, nagara a city.
Śākhānagara (शाखानगर).—n. a suburb.
Śākhānagara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śākhā and nagara (नगर).
Śākhānagara (शाखानगर):—[=śākhā-nagara] [from śākhā > śākh] ([Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]) ([Mahābhārata; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]) n. ‘branch-town’, a suburb.
Śākhānagara (शाखानगर):—[śākhā-nagara] (raṃ) 1. n. A suburb.
Śākhānagara (शाखानगर):—n. Vorstadt [Amarakoṣa 2, 2, 1.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 2, 1.] [Hārāvalī 109.] [Halāyudha 2, 131.] [Mahābhārata 12, 3268.] [Harivaṃśa 8558. 8680. 8682.] ka n. dass. [Mahābhārata 12, 2630.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 49, 42. 46.]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Śākhānagara (ಶಾಖಾನಗರ):—[noun] a town planned and developed close to an overcrowded city; a satellite town.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shakha, Nakara, Nagara.
Starts with: Sakhanagaraka.
Full-text: Shakhapura, Abhishyandiramana, Mulanagara, Rajakulantaka, Rajavesibhujanga.
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