Saptashva, Saptāśva, Saptan-ashva: 11 definitions
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Saptashva has 10 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Saptāśva can be transliterated into English as Saptasva or Saptashva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSaptāśva (सप्ताश्व):—(saptan + aśva) adj. siebenrossig: die Sonne [Ṛgveda 5, 45, 9.] m. die Sonne [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 2, 30.] [Halāyudha 1, 36.]
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: Shva, Ashva, Sapta.
Starts with: Saptashvaratha, Saptashvas, Saptashvavahana.
Full-text: Saptasapti, Saptavaruva, Saptashvavahana, Saptahaya, Shasva, Saptashvas, Ratha, Surya.
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Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 30 - Sun-worship in Theriomorphic, Fetishistic and Symbolic Forms < [Chapter 2 - Salient Traits of the Solar Divinities in the Veda]
Part 31 - Symbolic relevance of the Horse in Sun-worship < [Chapter 2 - Salient Traits of the Solar Divinities in the Veda]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 5.45.9 < [Sukta 45]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 9.48 < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 49 - Description of Draupadāditya and Mayūkhāditya < [Section 1 - Pūrvārdha]
Chapter 51 - Description of Sun-gods Called Aruṇa, Vṛddha etc. < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
Chapter 9 - The Rise of Bhava < [Section 2 - Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 7 - Description of Manu Periods < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]