Hiranyashringa, Hiraṇyaśṛṅga, Hiranya-shringa: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Hiraṇyaśṛṅga can be transliterated into English as Hiranyasrnga or Hiranyashringa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchHiraṇyaśṛṅga (हिरण्यशृङ्ग):—
1) adj. goldhörnig [Ṛgveda 1, 163, 9.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19, 36, 5.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Berges [Mahābhārata 6, 237.]
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: Shringa, Hiranya.
Starts with: Hiranyashringam.
Full-text: Hiranyashringam.
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