Sruvahasta, Sruva-hasta, Sruvāhasta: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySruvahasta (स्रुवहस्त) or Sruvāhasta (स्रुवाहस्त).—Name of Śiva.
Derivable forms: sruvahastaḥ (स्रुवहस्तः), sruvāhastaḥ (स्रुवाहस्तः).
Sruvahasta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sruva and hasta (हस्त).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySruvahasta (स्रुवहस्त):—[=sruva-hasta] [from sruva > sru] m. Name of Śiva, [ib.]
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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