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#visarga, aspirant consonant (:)

#scholia Scholia (singular scholium or scholion, from Ancient Greek: σχόλιον, “comment, interpretation”) are grammatical, critical, or explanatory comments, either original or extracted from pre-existing commentaries, which are inserted on the margin of the manuscript of an … Read More

#ankusa #ankusha, a goad (metal stick used to control elephants)

#Gayatri The etymology of the name ‘Gayatri’ (feminine of Gayatra) is ‘gayan tatre’ which means ‘that which has saved the senses, mind and vital air’. #Gayan, song Tatre, from trai, savior

#anusvara Anusvara (Sanskrit: अनुस्वारः anusvāra) is a diacritic dot used to mark a type of nasal sound and used in a number of Indic scripts. It is typically transliterated ⟨ṃ⟩. Depending on the location of the … Read More

#Rajamani, jewel among kings

#viplavah — revolutionary; विप्लव m. (for 1.See) confusion, trouble, disaster, evil, calamity, misery, distress (art.)

#dvimata, the two mothers, the two sticks or the maker of the 2, or heaven and heart. Rig Veda