Jalashayin, Jalaśāyin, Jala-shayin: 6 definitions
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Jalashayin has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Jalaśāyin can be transliterated into English as Jalasayin or Jalashayin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchJalaśāyin (जलशायिन्):—(jala + śā) m. dass. [Śabdakalpadruma] nach einem [Purāṇa] śāyitīrtha n. Name eines Tīrtha [ŚIVA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] in [Oxforder Handschriften 66], b, [4.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungJalaśāyin (जलशायिन्):—m. Beiname Vṣṇu's.
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Full-text: Jalashayitirtha, Jalashayana, Jalasaya.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 41 - Manifestation of Jalaśāyin < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 265 - Aśūnyaśayana-Vrata < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 90 - The Greatness of Jalaśāyī Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 284 - Narration of sacred formulas that are medicinal (mantra-rūpa-auṣadha)
Chapter 305 - The fifty-five names of (Lord) Viṣṇu and their greatness
Indian Iconography in an Historical Perspective with < [October – December, 1994]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 21 - The greatness of Puṣkara and some important vows < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]