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The Sanskrit term Śekhayati can be transliterated into English as Sekhayati or Shekhayati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŚekhayati (शेखयति) or Śekheti.—also se° (AMg. sehai; denom. from Pali se(k)kha, AMg. seha, see śaikṣa), trains, in- structs: devīṃ (mss. devī)…gītavādyehi ca śekheti Mahāvastu iii.162.10; pass. sekhīyati (v.l. śe°; lekhāyaṃ pi, etc.) Mahāvastu ii.423.15; śekhīyanti 434.10; sekhiyanti iii.184.6; śekhita, ppp., iii.390.4; see also śeṣita.
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Sekhayati (सेखयति).—see śekh°.
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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