Shakhi, Sakhi, Sakhī, Śākhi, Śākhin, Shakhin: 31 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śākhi and Śākhin can be transliterated into English as Sakhi or Shakhi or Sakhin or Shakhin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚākhi (शाखि):—m. pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes, = turuṣka [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 959] (sākhi Comm.): vgl. śākhin
2) c).
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Sakhi (सखि):—
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Sakhī (सखी):—(von sakhi) f. Gesellschafterin —, Freundin eines Frauenzimmers [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 62.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 4, 26.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 1, 12.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 529. 334.] [Halāyudha 2, 332.] [Mahābhārata 3, 2082. 2108. fg. 2605.] [Harivaṃśa 9919. 9923. 9927.] [Meghadūta 76. 86. 92. 101.] [Śākuntala 9, 5.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 78, 4. 9.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 231. 364.] [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 5, 16. 19, 7. 35, 18.] [Pañcatantra 258, 9.] [UTTARAR. 47, 9 (61, 13).] jana [Spr. (II) 3337.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 78, 13. fg.] [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 1.] sasakhījanā adj. f. [Śākuntala 32, 14.] priya [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 5.] [Spr. (II) 1634.] [Vikramorvaśī 8, 2. 3.] śrī [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 9, 18.] śayana Bettgenossin (der Freundinnen) [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 95.] vanāntasaṃgīta Theilnehmerin an [5, 56.] Freundin so v. a. Geliebte [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 104, 28.]
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Sākhi (साखि):—s. śākhi .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚākhin (शाखिन्):—(von śākhā)
1) adj. mit Aesten (reichlich) versehen [Mahābhārata 1, 1775. 12, 5805.] am Ende eines comp.: prarohi [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 227.] bahu [Mahābhārata 14, 152.] phalāgra [Harivaṃśa 3707.] — b) in Schulen —, in verschiedene Recensionen zerfallend: vedāḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 4, 23.] — c) zu einer best. Schule des Veda sich haltend [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 209.] Comm. zu [Taittirīyasaṃhitā Prātiśākhya 8, 20 u.s.w.] āśvalāyana [Oxforder Handschriften 271,a,3. 4.] —
2) m. a) Baum [AH. 2, 4, 1, 5. 3, 4, 17, 208.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1114.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 287.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 141.] [Halāyudha 2, 22.] [Mahābhārata 1, 1378. 3, 15662. 4, 459. 14, 1329.] [Harivaṃśa 93. 3609.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 29, 21.] [Raghuvaṃśa 11, 12.] ad [Śākuntala 14.] [Spr. (II) 493] (sura). [1076. 3620.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 15, 14.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 26, 20] (vaṭa). [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 371. 3, 518.] [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 90, 1.] — b) der in verschiedenen Schulen (Recensionen) vorhandene Veda [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — c) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] Bez. der Turuṣka [Medinīkoṣa]; vgl. śākhi . — Vgl. kalpa, mārga, śakra .
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Starts with: Sakhila, Shakhil, Shakhiya.
Ends with: Anyashakhi, Bhadravaishakhi, Boishakhi, Dvarashakhi, Ekashakhi, Gardabhashakhi, Goshakhi, Mshakhi, Sushakhi, Vaishakhi, Varohashakhi, Vishakhi, Yajuhshakhi.
Full-text (+185): Sakheya, Sakhijana, Sakhitva, Sakhita, Ishasakhi, Asakhin, Sahi, Shakrashakhin, Gurvisakhi, Surashakhin, Priyasakhi, Kanvasakhin, Krishnasakhi, Madirasakha, Shayanasakhi, Tryambakasakha, Kamasakha, Arjunasakhi, Dravayatsakha, Madhushakha.
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Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 12 < [Chapter 7 - Saptama-yāma-sādhana (Pradoṣa-kālīya-bhajana–vipralambha-prema)]
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
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