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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySomagupta (सोमगुप्त).—name of the grandfather of the Buddha Viraja (2): Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 364.16 (misunderstood by Suzuki).
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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Impact of Vedic Culture on Society (by Kaushik Acharya)
Mingling of Cultures (V): The Somavaṃśins < [Chapter 4]
Religious Epithets (Brahmanical and Buddhist) < [Chapter 4]
Lankavatara Sutra (by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki)