Trishkala, Triṣkāla: 1 definition

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Trishkala 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 Triṣkāla can be transliterated into English as Triskala or Trishkala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Triṣkāla (त्रिष्काल).—(1) m. (= Sanskrit trikāla, [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] tryadhvan), the three times, past, present, future: °laḥ Mahāvyutpatti 8322 (= trya- dhvan 8321); (2) adj.? or subst. m.? (Sanskrit trikāla), (at) the three times of day, morning, noon, and night; °lam, and m.c. °la, adv., at (these) three times: divase-divase °laṃ darśanāya Divyāvadāna 274.4 (prose); °la vṛkṣehi pravarṣa- yantu Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 41.6 (verse; cited with var. Śikṣāsamuccaya 218.15), let them cause (flowers etc., objects listed in prec. lines) to rain from trees (so Tibetan; see Nobel's note) thrice daily.

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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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