Mahashankha, Mahāśaṅkha, Maha-shankha, Mahashamkha: 15 definitions
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Mahashankha has 14 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Mahāśaṅkha can be transliterated into English as Mahasankha or Mahashankha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāśaṅkha (महाशङ्ख):—[(ma + śaṅkha)]
1) m. eine grosse Muschel [Mahābhārata 2, 65.] [Bhagavadgītā 1, 15.] —
2) m. Schläfebein [MUṆḌAMĀLĀTANTRA im TANTRASĀRA] [Śabdakalpadruma] Stirnbein, m. [Medinīkoṣa kh. 16.] n. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 6, 29.] m. Menschenknochen [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 44.] [Medinīkoṣa] —
3) m. eine best. hohe Zahl [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [?= 10] Nikharva [Śabdakalpadruma] —
4) m. ein best. Schatz [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [VIŚVA im Śabdakalpadruma] —
5) m. Nomen proprium eines Schlangendämons [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 24, 31.]
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Mahāśaṅkha (महाशङ्ख):—
5) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 11, 41.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāśaṅkha (महाशङ्ख):——
1) m. — a) eine grosse Muschel. — b) Schläfebein. — c) *Menschenknochen. — d) *eine best. hohe Zahl , = 10 Nikharva. — e) *ein best. Schatz. — f) Nomen proprium eines Schlangendämons. —
2) *m. n. Stirnbein.
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Partial matches: Maha, Shankha.
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