Sahasraka, Sāhasraka: 7 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Sahasraka (सहस्रक):—1. (von sahasra)

1) n. Tausend [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 658.] ratnānām [PAÑCAR. 1, 4, 49.] dāsīnām 50. varṣa [Harivaṃśa 531.] nāma [Oxforder Handschriften 99], a, [16. fg.] vielleicht so v. a. nāma: japansahasrakam [PAÑCAR. 3, 9, 9.] —

2) adj. am Ende eines comp. (f. ā): bahuvarṣa viele Tausend Jahre während [Mahābhārata 3, 6057. 13, 1316.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 31, 10.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 2, 4.] putrasahasrikā tausend Söhne habend [Mahābhārata 12, 948.] taṃ japenmantrī divākarasahasrakam etwa die tausend Namen der Sonne enthaltend [Oxforder Handschriften 105,b,30.] mūlamantraṃ japenmantrī nityamaṣṭasahasrakam 27: vgl. stotraṃ sahasranāmākhyaṃ sāṣṭottaram 90, a, [4. 5.] sahasranāmamaṅgalam . aṣṭottaraśatam 89, b, 35. — abdasahasrakī [Mahābhārata 3, 5037] fehlerhaft für sahasrikī, wie die ed. Bomb. liest. — Vgl. sahasrika .

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Sahasraka (सहस्रक):—2. (sahasra + 3. ka) adj. tausendköpfig [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 119.]

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Sāhasraka (साहस्रक):—

1) adj. (f. srikā) tausend zählend: kularatnamālikā so v. a. tausend Śloka enthaltend [Oxforder Handschriften 238], b, 37. catuḥ 56, a, 4. aṣṭā [BURNOUF,] [Intr. 51.] —

2) n. a) ein Tausend: nāmnaḥ [PAÑCAR. 4, 8, 7.] jihvādvisāhasrakaiḥ [Oxforder Handschriften 148], a, [No. 318.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Tīrtha [Mahābhārata 3, 7029.] — Vgl. śata .

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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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