Shaktidhvaja, Śaktidhvaja, Shakti-dhvaja: 3 definitions
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Shaktidhvaja 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 Śaktidhvaja can be transliterated into English as Saktidhvaja or Shaktidhvaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚaktidhvaja (शक्तिध्वज).—Name of Kārtikeya; शक्तिध्वजशिखरशूलोत्सेधं सौधमागतम् (śaktidhvajaśikharaśūlotsedhaṃ saudhamāgatam) Daśakumāracarita 2.5.
Derivable forms: śaktidhvajaḥ (शक्तिध्वजः).
Śaktidhvaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śakti and dhvaja (ध्वज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚaktidhvaja (शक्तिध्वज):—[=śakti-dhvaja] [from śakti > śak] m. ‘having a spear for emblem’, Name of Skanda, [Daśakumāra-carita]
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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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Partial matches: Shakti, Dhvaja.
Full-text: Kaumari.
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