Shashtipatha, Ṣaṣṭipatha, Shashti-patha: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ṣaṣṭipatha can be transliterated into English as Sastipatha or Shashtipatha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ṣaṣṭipatha (षष्टिपथ):—[=ṣaṣṭi-patha] [from ṣaṣṭi > ṣaṣ] m. ‘60 paths’, Name of the first 60 Adhyāyas of the Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa.
2) Ṣāṣṭipatha (षाष्टिपथ):—mfn. = ṣaṣṭi-pathika, [Kāśikā-vṛtti on Pāṇini 4-2, 60.]
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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: Shashti, Patha, Pata, Patta.
Full-text: Shashtipathika.
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