Shreyaskara, Śrēyaskara, Śreyaskara: 9 definitions
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Shreyaskara 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 terms Śrēyaskara and Śreyaskara can be transliterated into English as Sreyaskara or Shreyaskara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryśrēyaskara (श्रेयस्कर).—a S That confers or promotes the happiness or welfare of; that causes to prosper; auspicious.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishśrēyaskara (श्रेयस्कर).—a That confers a blessing; aus- picious.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚreyaskara (श्रेयस्कर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rī-raṃ) 1. Conferring, or the means of future felicity. 2. Propitious. 3. Making better or superior. E. śreyas and kara who or what does.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚreyaskara (श्रेयस्कर).—i. e. śreyaṃs -kṛ + a, adj. 1. Effecting happiness, [Pañcatantra] 73, 19. 2. Ensuring felicity, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 88. 3. Making better. 4. Propitious.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚreyaskara (श्रेयस्कर).—[feminine] ī making better or causing happiness.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚreyaskara (श्रेयस्कर):—[(raḥ-rī-raṃ) a.] Propitious.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Śreyaskara (श्रेयस्कर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Seaṃkara, Seaṃkāra.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚrēyaskara (ಶ್ರೇಯಸ್ಕರ):—
1) [adjective] pleasing; gladdening.
2) [adjective] promising success; propitious; auspicious.
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Śrēyaskara (ಶ್ರೇಯಸ್ಕರ):—
1) [noun] that which promises, forebodes success; an auspicious thing.
2) [noun] (jain.) a class of gods.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Shreyaskarabhashya.
Ends with: Ashreyaskara.
Full-text: Seamkara, Shreyaskrit, Kara.
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