Shaivya, Śaivyā, Saivyā, Saivya, Śaivya: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śaivyā and Śaivya can be transliterated into English as Saivya or Shaivya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaivya (शैव्य):—
1) schlechte Schreibart für śaibya . —
2) in Verbindung mit sasya beim [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 176, 4] fehlerhaft für śaimbya und demnach = śimbīdhānya .
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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Full-text: Shaibya, Shaimbya, Yaudheya, Vaisha, Shatadhanu, Jyamagha, Sugriva, Kaushika.
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Shatadhanu and Shaivya < [Third Section]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter XII - Lineage of Kroshtri, the son of Yadu < [Book IV]
Chapter XXXII - Description of Usha the daughter of Bana < [Book V]
Chapter XXVIII - Slaughter of Rukmini < [Book V]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CCLXIV < [Draupadi-harana Parva]
Section CCLXV < [Draupadi-harana Parva]
Section IV < [Sabhakriya Parva]
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 36 - Kraushthu’s Family < [Book 1 - Harivamsa Parva]
Chapter 104 - Krishna’s Children < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 113 - Arjuna Goes to Rescue the Brahmana and Becomes Unsuccessful < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 26 - On the narration of the sorrows of Hariścandra < [Book 7]
Chapter 11 - On the origin of the Ganges < [Book 9]
Chapter 14 - On the going to Heavens of Triśaṅku and the commencement of Hariścandra’s narrative < [Book 7]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Dynasty of Kroṣṭu < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Puru dynasty < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]