Vayusakha, Vāyusakha, Vayu-sakha: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVāyusakha (वायुसख).—m. fire.
Derivable forms: vāyusakhaḥ (वायुसखः).
Vāyusakha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāyu and sakha (सख). See also (synonyms): vāyusakhi.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāyusakha (वायुसख).—m.
(-khaḥ) Fire. E. vāyu wind, sakhi friend, aff. ṭac; also without the aff. vāyusakhi .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāyusakha (वायुसख):—[=vāyu-sakha] [from vāyu] m. ‘having the w° for a friend’, fire, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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: Vayu, Shakha.
Full-text: Vayuccakan, Marutsakha, Vayusakhi.
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