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Sakhanagara, Sākhānagara, Shakhanagara, ŚԲ, Shakha-nagara: 10 definitions

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Sakhanagara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term ŚԲ can be transliterated into English as Sakhanagara or Shakhanagara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Sakhanagara in India history glossary
: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions

ŚԲ (शाखानग�) refers to the “branch town� as opposed to the Mūlanagara“main city� according to the Amarakośa 2.2.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Sakhanagara in Pali glossary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

sākhānagara : (nt.) a suburb.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Sakhanagara in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śnagara (शाखानग�).—n S The outskirts of a town; suburbs or a suburb; a branch-town.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Sakhanagara in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ŚԲ (शाखानग�).—a suburb; प्रवेशयेच्� तान् सर्वान� शाखानगरकेष्वपि (praveśayecca tān sarvān śnagarakeṣvapi).

Derivable forms: śԲ (शाखानगरम�).

ŚԲ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ś and nagara (नग�). See also (synonyms): śpura.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ŚԲ (शाखानग�).—n.

(-�) A suburb. E. ś a branch or sub-division, nagara a city.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ŚԲ (शाखानग�).—n. a suburb.

ŚԲ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ś and nagara (नग�).

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

ŚԲ (शाखानग�):—[=ś-nagara] [from ś > śākh] ([Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]) ([Mahābhārata; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]) n. ‘branch-town�, a suburb.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ŚԲ (शाखानग�):—[ś-nagara] (�) 1. n. A suburb.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Sakhanagara in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ŚԲ (ಶಾಖಾನಗ�):—[noun] a town planned and developed close to an overcrowded city; a satellite town.

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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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