Shalivahana, Śālivāhana, Shali-vahana: 12 definitions
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Shalivahana has 11 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śālivāhana can be transliterated into English as Salivahana or Shalivahana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚālivāhana (शालिवाहन):—m. Kornführer, Nomen proprium eines Fürsten, Gegners von Vikramāditya, mit dessen Geburt (78 nach Chr.) die sogenannte Śaka-Aera beginnt, [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde 2, 880. fg.] varṣe janmataḥ [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 879.] [WASSILJEW 49. 54.] [TĀRAN. 3. 174. 167.] mahāmūrkha [Spr. (II) 1499.] caritra [MACK. Coll. 99.] śataka (im Prākrit) [107.] — Vgl. sātavāhana .
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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Partial matches: Shali, Vahana.
Starts with: Shalivahanacaritra, Shalivahanasaptashati, Shalivahanasaptati, Shalivahanashaka, Shalivahanashake, Shalivahanashataka.
Full-text (+23): Satavahana, Shaka, Kumarapala, Bhoginandana, Bhogindratanaya, Shakaditya, Shakabda, Sakantaka, Viracaritra, Jimutashtami, Shalivahanacaritra, Shalivahanashataka, Shalivahanasaptati, Pratishthana, Salavahana, Vikramaditya, Naravahana, Bhogindranandana, Viracarita, Cakaptam.
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