Ashvasena, Ashva-sena, Aśvasena: 14 definitions
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Ashvasena has 12 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Aśvasena can be transliterated into English as Asvasena or Ashvasena, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAśvasena (अश्वसेन):—(von aśva + senā) m. Nomen proprium eines Nāga [Mahābhārata 1, 803. 8237.] Vater des 23sten Arhant's in der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇī [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 38.] aśvasenanṛpanandana Sanatkumāra, der 4te Cakravartin in Bhārata [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 692.]
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Aśvasena (अश्वसेन):—Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Kṛṣṇa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 61, 13.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAśvasena (अश्वसेन):—m. Nomen proprium —
1) eines Schlangendämons. —
2) eines Sohnes des Krṣṇa —
3) *des Vaters des 23ten Arhant der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇī.
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: Ashva, Sena, Cena.
Starts with: Ashvasenanripanandana.
Full-text: Parshvanatha, Parshva, Sadashvasena, Vama, Ashvasenanripanandana, Ikshumati, Sharnga, Sanatkumara, Sumukhi, Varmila, Samudravijaya, Maghavan, Dhava, Dhataki, Brahma, Sahadevi, Gokarna.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 5: Pārśva’s childhood < [Chapter III - Birth, youth, initiation, and omniscience of Śrī Pārśva]
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Part 17: Battle with Aśanivega < [Chapter VII - Sanatkumāracakricaritra]
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Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
10. The story of Sanatkumara < [Chapter 4 - Intervening Stories]
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 68 < [Volume 8 (1886)]