Sheshakala, Śeṣakāla, Shesha-kala: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Śeṣakāla can be transliterated into English as Sesakala or Sheshakala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śeṣakāla (शेषकाल).—the time of death.

Derivable forms: śeṣakālaḥ (शेषकालः).

Śeṣakāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śeṣa and kāla (काल).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śeṣakāla (शेषकाल).—n.

(-laṃ) The last term, the time of death. E. śeṣa and kāla time.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śeṣakāla (शेषकाल):—[=śeṣa-kāla] [from śeṣa] m. the time of end or death, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śeṣakāla (शेषकाल):—[śeṣa-kāla] (laṃ) 1. n. Last time; death.

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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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