Sauna, Shauna, Śauna, Sāuna: 11 definitions
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Sauna has 11 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śauna can be transliterated into English as Sauna or Shauna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚauna (शौन):—(von śvan) adj. (f. ī) einem Hunde gehörig u. s. w.: jāghanī [Mahābhārata 12, 5402.]
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Sauna (सौन):—(von sūnā)
1) m. Schlächter: dharmya [Mahābhārata 5, 715.] pālā ivāvayaḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 38, 41.] —
2) n. frisch geschlachtetes Fleisch [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 13.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 175.]
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Sauna (सौन):—adj. in Verbindung mit māṃsa so v. a.
2) [SĀMAVIDH. BR. 3, 3, 4.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+27): Saunadharmya, Saunaga, Saunaiya, Saunakiya, Saunakiyasamhita, Saunamdaka, Saunami, Saunanda, Saunandin, Saunapailkoora, Saunapala, Saunapappu, Saunapavili, Saunavya, Saunavyayani, Shaunahotra, Shaunahotri, Shaunahshepa, Shaunahshepi, Shaunaka.
Ends with: Asauna, Avasauna, Bisauna, Bisauna, Dussauna.
Full-text: Saunadharmya, Shaunika, Saunapala, Shakuna, Shaunahshepi, Devadattashatha, Shaunahotri, Shaunikashastra, Shaunahshepa.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 5.13 < [Section II - Objectionable Food]
Thinking (by Ajahn Amaro)
Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
On duties in the sauna < [18. Duties (Vatta)]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter III - Division of the Veda into four portion, by the Vyasa, in every Dwapara age < [Book III]
Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules) (by I. B. Horner)
Monks’ Expulsion (Pārājika) 2: Case rulings < [Monks’ Expulsion (Pārājika) 2]