Adityashayana, Ādityaśayana: 4 definitions
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Adityashayana has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Ādityaśayana can be transliterated into English as Adityasayana or Adityashayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchĀdityaśayana (आदित्यशयन):—n. der Schlaf der Sonne: vrata [Oxforder Handschriften 40,b,39.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungĀdityaśayana (आदित्यशयन):—n. der Schlaf der Sonne. vrata n. eine best. Begehung.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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Partial matches: Sayana, Aditya.
Starts with: Adityashayanavrata.
Full-text: Adityashayanavrata, Umamaheshvara, Puranajna, Purandara.
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The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 4.2g - Ādityaśayana-vrata < [Chapter 4 - Religious aspects of the Matsyapurāṇa]
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Sun-worship Vratas (5) Ādityaśayana < [Chapter 5 - Rituals Related to the Sun-Worship in the Purāṇas]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 25 - The Vow of Ādityaśayana < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Religion and Rituals: Śaiva < [Chapter 5 - Cultural history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Vows (Vrata) in the Matsya Purāṇa < [Chapter 5 - Cultural history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]