Shatataraka, Śatatārakā, Shata-taraka: 3 definitions
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Shatataraka 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 Śatatārakā can be transliterated into English as Satataraka or Shatataraka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryśatatārakā (शततारका).—f S The twenty-fourth lunar mansion, containing a hundred stars.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishśatatārakā (शततारका).—f The 24th lunar mansion.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚatatārakā (शततारका).—f. Name of the 24th lunar mansion containing one hundred stars.
Śatatārakā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śata and tārakā (तारका). See also (synonyms): śatabhiṣaj, śatabhiṣā.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Taraka, Shata.
Starts with: Shatataraka-nakshatra.
Full-text: Shatataraka-nakshatra, Shatabhisha, Shatabhishaj, Jaradgava, Nakshatra.
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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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