Mortal Combat and the Hereafter: saṃparāya and sāṃparāya in Sanskrit Literature
Sāṃparāya is a comparatively rare word in Sanskrit literature that has been translated in various ways, among them ‘battle’, ‘the next world’, and ‘transit to the next world’. It is a nominalized adjective derived from saṃparāya, which is in turn derived from the rarely used verb sam+parā+i (to p...
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| Main Author: | Haas, Dominik A. |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Bhasha |
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| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.30687/bhasha/2785-5953/2024/02/004 |
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