Shaishireya, Śaiśireya: 4 definitions
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Shaishireya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
Shaishireya has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śaiśireya can be transliterated into English as Saisireya or Shaishireya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaiśireya (शैशिरेय):—(von śaiśiri) m. patron. Nomen proprium eines Lehrers [Oxforder Handschriften 54,b,35.]
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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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Lineages of Aṅgirā < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter IV - Division of the Veda, in the last Dvapara age by the Vyasa Krishna Dvaipayana < [Book III]
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 35 - The legend of Yājñavalkya’s receiving the Veda from the Sun-God < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]