Gayashirsha, Gayaśīrṣa, Gayāśīrṣa, Gaya-shirsha: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Gayaśīrṣa and Gayāśīrṣa can be transliterated into English as Gayasirsa or Gayashirsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGayāśīrṣa (गयाशीर्ष):—n. = gayaśiras [Burnouf 77.] [Nalopākhyāna 2.] [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 252 (22). 254 (24).]
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: Shirsha, Gaya.
Starts with: Gayashirshaparvata.
Full-text: Gayashirshaparvata, Gayashiras, Gayashikhara, Bimbasara, Rama, Abhisheka.
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The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LXXXIV - Ablutions in the river Phalgu merit of masing offerings of funeral cakes at Rudra < [Agastya Samhita]
Chapter CXLIII - The Ramayana < [Brihaspati (Nitisara) Samhita]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 69 - The Vow of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 14 - Bringing innumerable beings to Arhathood by a single sermon < [Chapter LI - Seeing all the Buddha Fields]
Note (1). The four Bodhisattva stages or practices < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]
Mahāyāna auxiliaries (D): The five faculties < [Part 3 - The auxiliaries according to the Mahāyāna]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 17 - Vidūratha Goes Ahunting < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 19 - Greatness of Pitṛkūpikā Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 99 - Sage Durvāsa Visits Rāma < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
The Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)