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गार्ध्रपृष्ट (gArdhrapRSTa)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
गार्ध्रपृष्ट - gArdhrapRSTa - kind of death not sanctioned by the jainas
गार्ध्रपृष्ट - gArdhrapRSTa -
adj.
- touched by vultures
Monier Williams Cologne
English
गार्ध्र—पृष्ट for (गार्ध्र-स्पृष्ट
in Prākṛt geddha-paṭṭhaga), ‘touched (i.e. seized) by vultures’, a kind of death not sanctioned by the Jainas (probably with reference to the Pārsī custom of exposing corpses to vultures).