Tailakshauma, Tailakṣauma, Taila-kshauma: 1 definition

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Tailakshauma 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 Tailakṣauma can be transliterated into English as Tailaksauma or Tailakshauma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tailakṣauma (तैलक्षौम).—a kind of oily cloth (whose ash is applied to the wound); Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.155.9.

Derivable forms: tailakṣaumam (तैलक्षौमम्).

Tailakṣauma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms taila and kṣauma (क्षौम).

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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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