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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Taṭāghāta (तटाघात).—butting, striking against a bank of declivity; अभ्यस्यन्ति तटाघातं निर्जितैरावता गजाः (abhyasyanti taṭāghātaṃ nirjitairāvatā gajāḥ) Kumārasambhava 2.5.

Derivable forms: taṭāghātaḥ (तटाघातः).

Taṭāghāta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms taṭa and āghāta (आघात).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Taṭāghāta (तटाघात).—m. butting at a bank or mound, [Kumārasaṃbhava, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 50.

Taṭāghāta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms taṭa and āghāta (आघात).

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

Taṭāghāta (तटाघात):—[from taṭa] m. the butting (of elephants) against banks etc. (vapra-krīḍā), [Kumāra-sambhava ii, 50.]

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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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Partial matches: Tata, Aghata.

Ends with: Vakshastataghata.

Full-text: Vaprabhighata, Vakshastataghata, Tadaghata, Aghata, Abhyash, Abhighata, Pushkara.

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