cemetery meaning in Sanskrit
श्मशान śmaśāná
UK/ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi//ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/
cemetery in Sanskrit: श्मशान (śmaśāná), शवशयन (śavaśayana). In English, cemetery means a place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
Sanskrit words for cemetery
- cemetery
- श्मशान śmaśāná
- a cemetery, cremation ground
- शवशयन śavaśayana
English meaning of cemetery
- noun A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
Synonyms of cemetery
cemetery in other languages
Questions about cemetery in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of cemetery in Sanskrit?
- Cemetery in Sanskrit is श्मशान (śmaśāná), शवशयन (śavaśayana).
- cemetery इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Cemetery: श्मशान (śmaśāná), शवशयन (śavaśayana).
- What does cemetery mean in English?
- Cemetery means a place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “cemetery”: शवशयन, श्मशान. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: cemetery (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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