Vishalyapranahara, Viśalyaprāṇahara, Vishalyaprana-hara: 1 definition

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Vishalyapranahara 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 Viśalyaprāṇahara can be transliterated into English as Visalyapranahara or Vishalyapranahara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Vishalyapranahara in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viśalyaprāṇahara (विशल्यप्राणहर):—[=vi-śalya-prāṇa-hara] [from vi-śalya] mfn. ([probably] said of those spots of the body, such as the temples and space between the eye-brows a blow on which is fatal even without any point entering the surface, but commonly applied to those spots a wound on which becomes fatal as soon as a pointed weapon is extracted), [Suśruta]

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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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