Vartatikshna, Vartatīkṣṇa, Varta-tikshna: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vartatīkṣṇa can be transliterated into English as Vartatiksna or Vartatikshna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVartatīkṣṇa (वर्ततीक्ष्ण).—bell-metal, a kind of brass.
Derivable forms: vartatīkṣṇam (वर्ततीक्ष्णम्).
Vartatīkṣṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms varta and tīkṣṇa (तीक्ष्ण). See also (synonyms): vartaloha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVartatīkṣṇa (वर्ततीक्ष्ण):—[=varta-tīkṣṇa] [from varta] n. a sort of brass or steel, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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: Tikshna, Varta.
Full-text: Vartaloha.
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