Saurashtraka, ܰṣṭ첹: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term ܰṣṭ첹 can be transliterated into English as Saurastraka or Saurashtraka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryܰṣṭ첹 (सौराष्ट्रक).—A kind of bell-metal.
Derivable forms: ܰṣṭ첹� (सौराष्ट्रक�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryܰṣṭ첹 (सौराष्ट्रक).—n.
(-첹�) A sort of white or bell metal. E. ܰṣṭ Surat, and kan added.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryܰṣṭ첹 (सौराष्ट्रक).—i. e. surā�- ṭra + ka (see ṣṭ), n. A sort of white or bell-metal.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryܰṣṭ첹 (सौराष्ट्रक).—[adjective] coming from Suṣṭ; [masculine] [plural] the inhabitants of Suṣṭ.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ܰṣṭ첹 (सौराष्ट्रक):—[from ܰṣṭ] mf()n. relating to or coming from Surāt, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
2) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] the inhabitants of S°, [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] n. a kind of metal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a kind of poison (either of a snake or a vegetable or mineral poison), [Monier-Williams� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryܰṣṭ첹 (सौराष्ट्रक):�(첹�) 1. n. A sort of white or bell-metal.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusܰṣṭ첹 (ಸೌರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಕ):�
1) [noun] an alloy consisting chiefly of copper and tin; bronze.
2) [noun] a kind of (snake, vegetable or mineral) poison.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)
Consideration on the settlement of Purana Text < [Purana, Volume 10, Part 1 (1968)]