Shailendra, Śailendra, Shaila-indra, Shailemdra: 9 definitions

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Shailendra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Shailendra has 9 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Śailendra can be transliterated into English as Sailendra or Shailendra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Śailendra (शैलेन्द्र):—m. Fürst der Berge, ein grosses Gebirge: vicālayeyuḥ śailendrān [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 16, 23.] ṛṣyamūka [4, 9, 28.] insbes. Beiwort oder Name des Himālaya [?1, 36, 13 (37, 14 Gorresio). Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 120, 25. 3, 31, 9. Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 87, 2.] duhitar eine Tochter des Himālaya, Bez. der Gaṅgā und der Pārvatī [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 37, 20.]

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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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