Aishana, Aiśāna, Aiśana: 9 definitions
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Aishana has 7 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Aiśāna and Aiśana can be transliterated into English as Aisana or Aishana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAiśāna (ऐशान):—adj. (f. ī) von īśāna [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 93,] [Scholiast] aiśānī dik Śiva’s Weltgegend, Nordost [Vikramorvaśī 6, 4.] mit Ergänzung von diś [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 169,] [Scholiast] [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 191.]
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Aiśāna (ऐशान):—[WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 308.] anila nordöstlich [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 26, 15. 27, 8.] koṇa [53, 48.] aiśānī f. Nordost [11, 13. 17. 14, 29. 53, 118.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAiśāna (ऐशान):——
1) Adj. (f. ī ) — a) zu Śiva in Beziehung stehend. — b) nordöstlich. —
2) (f. ī) Nordost.
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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Starts with: Aishanaja, Aishanakalpa.
Ends with: Anujnaishana, Anujnanaishana, Dvaishana, Grasaishana, Lokaishana, Phaishana, Pindaishana, Putraishana, Traishana, Vitaishana, Vittaishana.
Full-text: Aishani, Aishanaja, Saudharma, Dridhadharma, Indrasamanika, Aishanakalpa, Kalpa, Siddhacarya, Bidaujas, Sharvoktagama, Amshumadagama, Kalpopapanna, Vayu.
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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 4.33 - The minimum lifetime in Saudharma and Aiśāna kalpa < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Verse 4.19 - The sixteen Kalpa, nine Graiveyaka and five Anuttara < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Verse 4.29 - Lifetime in the first two Kalpa among the heavenly beings < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 32: Description of the Upper World (ūrdhvaloka) < [Chapter III - The initiation and omniscience of Ajita]
Part 9: Various unimportant incarnations < [Chapter I - Previous births of Mahāvīra]
Part 8: Birth-ceremonies presided over by Śakra < [Chapter II - Birth of Ajita and Sagara]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 12 - On celestial positions < [Chapter 2]
Part 1 - On cells in the hells < [Chapter 5]