Dashanana, Daśānana, Dashan-anana: 12 definitions
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Dashanana has 10 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Daśānana can be transliterated into English as Dasanana or Dashanana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Dashanan.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDaśānana (दशानन):—(daśan + ānana) adj. zehngesichtig; m. Beiname Rāvaṇa’s [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 39, 8. 43, 6. 6, 5, 21.] [Raghuvaṃśa 10, 76.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDaśānana (दशानन):—m. Beiname Rāvana's.
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: Dasa, Anana, Tacan.
Full-text (+16): Rahibhuta, Dashanan, Rahikar, Caturanana, Dashasya, Ahandehabuddhi, Prabhavay, Arthavat, Candrarashmi, Gambhira, Kamaksha, Nityaloka, Bibhatsa, Ashvaratha, Nityalokapura, Amoghavijaya, Arka, Jvara, Simhajaghana, Uddama.
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Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 16 - The Origin of Ravana’s Name < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Chapter 34 - Bali hangs Ravana on his Girdle < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Chapter 13 - Ravana’s Crimes < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 6: Rāvaṇa’s conquests < [Chapter II - Rāvaṇa’s expedition of Conquest]
Part 12: Future births of Rāvaṇa, Lakṣmaṇa, and Sītā < [Chapter X - Rāma’s mokṣa (emancipation)]
Part 6: Stuti by Daśānana for Śrī Śānti (Śāntinātha) < [Chapter VII - The killing of Rāvaṇa]
Hanuman Nataka (critical study) (by Nurima Yeasmin)
Hanuman-Nāṭaka, Act 8 (Summary) < [Chapter 3]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.19.201 < [Chapter 19 - The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House]
Verse 2.10.148 < [Chapter 10 - Conclusion of the Lord’s Mahā-prakāśa Pastimes]
Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit literature (by Nikitha. M)
Conclusion to Chapter 2 < [Chapter 2 - Kuntaka’s appraisal of Kālidāsa]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)