Hiranyabahu, Hiraṇyabāhu, Hiranya-bahu: 10 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchHiraṇyabāhu (हिरण्यबाहु):—
1) adj. goldarmig [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 16, 17.] [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 10, 22. Śiva] [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 21.] [Mahābhārata 14, 198.] —
2) m. a) ein Name des Flusses Śoṇa [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 33.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1090.] [Halāyudha 3, 52.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Schlangendämons [Mahābhārata 1, 2147.] — c) Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Pravarādhyāya] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 58, 35.] — Vgl. hairaṇyabāheya .
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: Bahu, Hiranya.
Full-text: Hairanyabaheya, Hiranyavaha, Disampati.
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