Shashthijagaraka, Ṣaṣṭhījāgaraka, Shashthi-jagaraka: 1 definition
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Shashthijagaraka 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 Ṣaṣṭhījāgaraka can be transliterated into English as Sasthijagaraka or Shashthijagaraka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢaṣṭhījāgaraka (षष्ठीजागरक):—[=ṣaṣṭhī-jāgaraka] [from ṣaṣṭhī > ṣaṣ] m. ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) ([Campaka-śreṣṭhi-kathānaka]) the waking on the sixth day after the birth of a child (Name of a [particular] ceremony; this is the day on which the creator is supposed to enter the mother’s chamber and write the child’s destiny on its forehead), [Religious Thought and Life in India 370.]
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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