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Tiryyac 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTiryyac (तिर्य्यच्) or Tiryac.—or tiryañc mfn. (tiryaṅ tiraścī tiryak) Moving tortuously, going crookedly or awry, (the neuter is also used adverbially: see tiryak m. (-ryaṅ) 1. An animal, a quadruped. 2. A bird, or any animal moving tortuously. f. (-ryañcī) The female of an animal, a beast or bird. E. tiras crookedly, añc to go, affix kvip.
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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