Satavahana, Sātavāhana, Shatavahana, Śātavāhana: 14 definitions
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Satavahana has 13 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śātavāhana can be transliterated into English as Satavahana or Shatavahana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSātavāhana (सातवाहन):—m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten, = hāla [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 712.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 6, 1.] sātena yasmādūḍho bhūttasmāttaṃ sātavāhanam . nāmnā cakāra [?105. fgg. 7, 18. HALL. in der Einl. zu VĀSAVAD. 54.] śāta [Oxforder Handschriften 217], b, 32. — Vgl. sālavāhana, śālivāhana .
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: Vahana, Shata.
Full-text (+74): Hala, Buddham, Amaravati, Kolhapur, Kuntala, Pratishthana, Virakosha, Ahara, Satavaha, Gunadhya, Svati, Salavahana, Lambodara, Simuka, Shivashri, Acalapura, Meghasvati, Apilaka, Shivasvati, Skandasvati.
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Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology (by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri)
The rule of the Sātavāhanas < [Chapter 4 - Survival of Amarāvatī in the Context of Andhra Art]
The rule of the Sadas < [Chapter 4 - Survival of Amarāvatī in the Context of Andhra Art]
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Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) (by S. Krishnamurthy)
Origin of the Pallava Dynasty < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Origin of Sculptural Art (c): Pallava period < [Chapter 2 - Origin of Sculptural Art—Its Development and Scheme]
Buddhism during the Pallava period < [Chapter 3 - Socio-Religious Life]
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Andhra Culture, A Synthesis < [April 1952]
Maritime Tradition of Andhra < [April – June, 1982]
Nagarjunikonda < [April 1955]
Temples in and around Madurantakam (by B. Mekala)
Political History (2): Satavahanas < [Chapter 1 - Historical Backdrop]
Political History (6): The Pallavas < [Chapter 1 - Historical Backdrop]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)