Anguliphanahastaka, Aṅgulīphaṇahastaka: 1 definition
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAṅgulīphaṇahastaka (अङ्गुलीफणहस्त�).�having a hand with fingers (round and awkward) like a snake's hood: Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 8776 (Chin. round-fingered); ū-پ岹-վԲⲹ iv.68.6 (read with ms.). Corresponds to Pali phaṇa-hatthaka Vin. i.91.11, interpreted [Sacred Books of the East] 13.225 as having hands like a snake's hood; commentary 1027.1 yassa vaggulipakkhakā (bat's wings) viya aṅguliyo saṃbaddhā honti.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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