Shaisha, Śaiṣa: 6 definitions
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Shaisha has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śaiṣa can be transliterated into English as Saisa or Shaisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Sais.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaiṣa (शैष):—(von śeṣa) m. die kühle Jahreszeit [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 156.]
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Saisa (सैस):—(von sīsa) adj. bleiern, von Blei gaṇa rajatādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 154.] ka dass. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 133.]
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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Starts with: Shaishanabha, Shaishav, Shaishava, Shaishavabhava, Shaishavakala, Shaishavam, Shaishavayauvaniya, Shaishavkaal, Shaishavya.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Goddess Laksmi < [Purana, Volume 4, Part 1 (1962)]
Eulogy of Parvati by Himavan < [Purana, Volume 11, Part 1 (1969)]
The Naciketa-Upakhyana as the source of the Nasiketopakhyana < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 2 (1964)]
Alankara Sastra (English study) (by V. Raghavan)
4. Abhinavagupta’s own view of Laksana < [Chapter 1 - The history of Lakshana (poetic adornments)]
Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literature (by Sulekha Biswas)
Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas (by Kum. Geeta P. Kurandwad)
The concept of Kurma-Avatara (incarnation) < [Chapter 4 - Significance of Vaishnava Myths]
Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. God)
46, 47. Raghunatha, a Protege of Queen Dipabai of Tanjore < [Volume 2 (1954)]