Tiricchana, Tiricchāna: 1 definition
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Tiricchana 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Tirichchhana.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryTiricchāna (तिरिच्छान).—(m.; nowhere recorded, but compare prec. and tiracchāna), animal (sub-human): °na-yonīyaṃ (loc.) Mahāvastu ii.350.14 (verse) = iii.274.16 which reads tiracchāna-; kuto imasyā (mss. °sya) tiricchāna-gatāye mṛgīye mānuṣo apatyo Mahāvastu iii.144.3 (prose); in similar phrase 153.19 Senart tiracchāna-gatāye mṛgīye, with one ms., v.l. tiricchāna°.
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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