Shankhacakragadadhara, Śaṅkhacakragadādhara, Shankhacakragada-dhara: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Śaṅkhacakragadādhara can be transliterated into English as Sankhacakragadadhara or Shankhacakragadadhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shankhachakragadadhara.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Śaṅkhacakragadādhara (शङ्खचक्रगदाधर):—[=śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-dhara] [from śaṅkha-cakra > śaṅkha] mfn. holding a c° and a d° and a mace (as Viṣṇu), [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra]
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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