Shunastha, Śūnāstha: 3 definitions
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Shunastha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Śūnāstha can be transliterated into English as Sunastha or Shunastha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚūnāstha (शूनास्थ).—[śūnā-stha], adj. Being in, brought from, a slaughter-house, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 155.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySūnāstha (सूनास्थ).—[adjective] kept in slaughter-house (meat).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySūnāstha (सूनास्थ):—[=sūnā-stha] [from sūnā] mfn. being in a slaughter-house or in any place where animals are destroyed, [Manu-smṛti xi, 155.]
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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