Svastikapani, Svastikapāṇi, Svastika-pani: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Svastikapāṇi (स्वस्तिकपाणि).—a.

1) crossing hands like स्वस्तिकं (svastikaṃ).

2) holding auspicious things in hands; श्रुत्वा चेदं वचनं पार्थिवस्य सर्वं पुरं स्वस्तिकपाणिभूतम् (śrutvā cedaṃ vacanaṃ pārthivasya sarvaṃ puraṃ svastikapāṇibhūtam) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 4.68.27 (com. svastikaṃ maṅgalārārtikādi dadhidūrvādi ca pāṇau yasya tat svastikapāṇibhūtam).

Svastikapāṇi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms svastika and pāṇi (पाणि).

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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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