Shushkacarcana, Śuṣkacarcaṇa, Shushka-carcana: 2 definitions
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Shushkacarcana 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 Śuṣkacarcaṇa can be transliterated into English as Suskacarcana or Shushkacarcana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shushkacharchana.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚuṣkacarcaṇa (शुष्कचर्चण).—idle talk.
Derivable forms: śuṣkacarcaṇam (शुष्कचर्चणम्).
Śuṣkacarcaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śuṣka and carcaṇa (चर्चण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚuṣkacarcana (शुष्कचर्चन):—[=śuṣka-carcana] [from śuṣka > śuṣ] n. ‘dry anointing’, idle talk, chaff, [Hāsyārṇava]
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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