Hiranyaksha, Hiraṇyākṣa, Hiranya-aksha: 15 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Hiraṇyākṣa can be transliterated into English as Hiranyaksa or Hiranyaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchHiraṇyākṣa (हिरण्याक्ष):—(hiraṇya + 3. akṣa)
1) adj. goldäugig: Savitar [Ṛgveda 1, 35, 8.] Eule [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 4, 33, 1.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium a) eines von Viṣṇu in seiner Erscheinung als Eber erschlagenen Daitya [Mahābhārata 12,6146. 13,6016.] [Harivaṃśa 184. 194. 5863. 7367. 12458. 12500. 12522. fgg. 12913. 14357. fg.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 123.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.3,14,2. 17,18. 20. fgg. 6,6,33. 18,10. 12.7,1,39. fg.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 325.] [Oxforder Handschriften 64,b,3.] ripu Bez. Viṣṇu’s [Raghuvaṃśa 18, 24.] hara desgl. [PAÑCAR. 4, 3, 59.] — b) eines Ṛṣi [Mahābhārata 13,1050.] [Oxforder Handschriften 310,a,29.] eines Sohnes des Viśvāmitra [Mahābhārata 13, 256.] [Harivaṃśa 1461. 1467] (pl. sein Geschlecht). [1769.] eines der Unterredner bei Caraka z. B. [1, 26.] Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Śyāmaka [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 24, 41.] eines Fürsten von Kāśmīra, Sohnes des Utpalākṣa, [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 287. fg.] des Kanakākṣa [Kathāsaritsāgara 65, 216. fgg.] — c) einer Oertlichkeit [Oxforder Handschriften 39,b,7. 8.]
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Partial matches: Aksha, Hiranya.
Starts with: Hiranyakshahara, Hiranyaksharipu.
Full-text (+72): Varaha, Bhutasamtapana, Hiranyakashipu, Rushabhanu, Kashyapasunujyeshtha, Kalanabha, Diti, Mahanabha, Jharjhara, Upadanavi, Hiranyaksharipu, Hiranyakshahara, Dvimurdhan, Anuhlada, Utkura, Bhutasantapana, Harishmashru, Jharjara, Haryaksha, Samhlada.
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