Sukshmashatcarana, Sūkṣmaṣaṭcaraṇa, Sukshma-shatcarana: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Sūkṣmaṣaṭcaraṇa can be transliterated into English as Suksmasatcarana or Sukshmashatcarana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Sukshmashatcharana.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sūkṣmaṣaṭcaraṇa (सूक्ष्मषट्चरण).—a sort of louse.

Derivable forms: sūkṣmaṣaṭcaraṇaḥ (सूक्ष्मषट्चरणः).

Sūkṣmaṣaṭcaraṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sūkṣma and ṣaṭcaraṇa (षट्चरण).

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

Sūkṣmaṣaṭcaraṇa (सूक्ष्मषट्चरण).—m.

(-ṇaḥ) A sort of tick or louse breeding at the roots of the eye-lashes. E. sūkṣma small, and ṣaṭcaraṇa an insect.

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

Sūkṣmaṣaṭcaraṇa (सूक्ष्मषट्चरण):—[=sūkṣma-ṣaṭ-caraṇa] [from sūkṣma] m. a minute insect, a sort of tick or louse (said to infest the roots of the eyelashes), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Sukshmashatcarana in German

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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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