The Sanskrit term Viṣuvasaṃkrānti can be transliterated into English as Visuvasamkranti or Vishuvasamkranti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viṣuvasaṃkrānti (विषुवसंक्रान्ति).—f. the sun's equinoctial passage.

Derivable forms: viṣuvasaṃkrāntiḥ (विषुवसंक्रान्तिः).

Viṣuvasaṃkrānti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viṣuva and saṃkrānti (संक्रान्ति).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viṣuvasaṃkrānti (विषुवसंक्रान्ति):—[=viṣuva-saṃkrānti] [from viṣuva > viṣu] f. = viṣuvat-s, [ib.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viṣuvasaṃkrānti (विषुवसंक्रान्ति):—[viṣuva-saṃkrānti] (ntiḥ) 2. f. The sun’s passing the equator.

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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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Partial matches: Vishuva, Samkranti.

Ends with: Mahavishuvasamkranti.

Full-text: Mahavishuvasamkranti.

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