Saptashati, Saptaśatī: 4 definitions

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Saptashati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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 Saptaśatī can be transliterated into English as Saptasati or Saptashati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Saptashati in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

saptaśatī (सप्तशती).—f S An aggregate of seven hundred. 2 The seven hundred śrlōka in praise of Devi in the mārkaṇḍēyapurāṇa.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Saptashati in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saptaśatī (सप्तशती).—f. (-tī) An aggregate of seven hundred verses.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Saptaśatī (सप्तशती) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a name of the Devīmāhātmya. All the tracts from Laghu Saptaśatī up to Saptaśatīstotra are connected with it.

Saptaśatī has the following synonyms: Saptaśatikā.

2) Saptaśatī (सप्तशती):—by Govardhana. See Āryāsaptaśatī.
—by Hāla. See Gāthāsaptaśatī.

3) Saptaśatī (सप्तशती):—kāvya, by Gopīnātha. B. 2, 80.
—by Viśveśvara. K. 64.
—by Śrīśvara Vidyālaṃkāra. L. 2338.

4) Saptaśatī (सप्तशती):—by Hāla, see Gāthāsaptaśatī.

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

1) Saptaśatī (सप्तशती):—[=sapta-śatī] [from sapta-śata > sapta > saptan] f. 700 [Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] the aggregate of 700 [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

3) [v.s. ...] a collection of 700 verses, [ib.]

4) [v.s. ...] Name of various works. (cf. -śataka)

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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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