Ushtrayana, Uṣṭrayāna, Ushtra-yana: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Uṣṭrayāna can be transliterated into English as Ustrayana or Ushtrayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUṣṭrayāna (उष्ट्रयान).—camellitter.
Derivable forms: uṣṭrayānam (उष्ट्रयानम्).
Uṣṭrayāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms uṣṭra and yāna (यान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryUṣṭrayāna (उष्ट्रयान).—n.
(-naṃ) A camel litter, a vehicle drawn or borne by camels. E. uṣṭra and yāna a carriage.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryUṣṭrayāna (उष्ट्रयान).—n. a vehicle drawn by camels, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 201.
Uṣṭrayāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms uṣṭra and yāna (यान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryUṣṭrayāna (उष्ट्रयान).—[neuter] carriage drawn by camels.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUṣṭrayāna (उष्ट्रयान):—[=uṣṭra-yāna] [from uṣṭra > uṣṭṛ] n. a camel-carriage, vehicle drawn by camels, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryUṣṭrayāna (उष्ट्रयान):—[uṣṭra-yāna] (naṃ) 1. n. A camel litter.
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: Ushtra, Yana.
Ends with: Aushtrayana, Kraushtrayana.
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