Varnaprakarsha, Varṇaprakarṣa, Varna-prakarsha: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Varṇaprakarṣa can be transliterated into English as Varnaprakarsa or Varnaprakarsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVarṇaprakarṣa (वर्णप्रकर्ष).—excellence of colour.
Derivable forms: varṇaprakarṣaḥ (वर्णप्रकर्षः).
Varṇaprakarṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms varṇa and prakarṣa (प्रकर्ष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVarṇaprakarṣa (वर्णप्रकर्ष):—[=varṇa-prakarṣa] [from varṇa > varṇ] m. excellence or beauty of colour, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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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