Ushtranishadana, Uṣṭraniṣadana, Ushtra-nishadana: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Uṣṭraniṣadana can be transliterated into English as Ustranisadana or Ushtranishadana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUṣṭraniṣadana (उष्ट्रनिषदन).—A particular posture among Yogins.
Derivable forms: uṣṭraniṣadanam (उष्ट्रनिषदनम्).
Uṣṭraniṣadana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms uṣṭra and niṣadana (निषदन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUṣṭraniṣadana (उष्ट्रनिषदन):—[=uṣṭra-niṣadana] [from uṣṭra > uṣṭṛ] n. a particular posture among Yogins, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
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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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