Shanmukha, Ṣaṇmukha, Shash-mukha: 23 definitions

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Shanmukha has 22 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Ṣaṇmukha can be transliterated into English as Sanmukha or Shanmukha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Sanmukh.

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[«previous next»] — Shanmukha in Sanskrit glossary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Ṣaṇmukha (षण्मुख):—

1) adj. sechsmündig oder sechsantlitzig: Śiva [Mahābhārata 13, 739.] m. Beiname Skanda's [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 272.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 209.] [Halāyudha 1, 19.] [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 10, 1, 6.] [Mahābhārata 3, 14643. 7, 7412] (tödtet Mahiṣa). [Mṛcchakaṭikā 173, 15.] [Raghuvaṃśa 17, 67.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 6, 167. 20, 90. 49, 245.] [Oxforder Handschriften 248], b, [?4. Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7, 8, Śloka 29.] —

2) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Rājataraṅgiṇī 6, 319.] des Dieners des 13ten Arhant's der gegenwartigen Avasarpiṇī [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 42.] eines Fürsten [TĀRAN. 3. 267.] eines Bodhisattva [Hiouen-Thsang 1, 121] (Chang-mou-kia). kumāra [TĀRAN. 75.] —

3) Name eines Sūtra [WASSILJEW 274.] ṣaṇmukhī dhāraṇī desgl. Vie de [Hiouen-Thsang 304.] —

4) f. ā Wassermelone [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]; vgl. ṣaḍbhujā, ṣaḍrekhā . —

5) f. ī = kumārī [KĀLACAKRA 3, 131. 4, 26. 60.] — Vgl. ṣaḍānana und ṣaḍvaktra .

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