Shashanka, Śaśāṅka, Sasanka, Sashanka, Shasha-anka, Shashamka, Sashamka: 23 definitions
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Shashanka has 23 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śaśāṅka can be transliterated into English as Sasanka or Shashanka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaśāṅka (शशाङ्क):—(śaśa + aṅka) m.
1) der Mond (mit einem Hasen gezeichnet, gestempelt) [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 1, 11.] [Halāyudha 1, 42.] [Arjunasamāgama 1, 11.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 26, 8.] [Ṛtusaṃhāra 1, 2.] lekhā [Śākuntala 35, 21.] [Spr. (II) 1958. 3149. 3752.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 9, 45. 18, 1. fgg. 24, 9. 99, 1.] [LAGHUJ. 2, 5] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 284.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 395.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 704.] [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 224. 294. 296.] [Pañcatantra 162, 6.] [Hitopadeśa 83, 7.] śṛṅgakonnati [Oxforder Handschriften 327], a, [1 v. u.] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [Hiouen-Thsang 1, 248. 349. 422.] Vie de [Hiouen-Thsang 112. 235.]
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Sāśaṅka (साशङ्क):—(2. sa + āśaṅkā) adj. (f. ā) von Furcht, Besorgniss oder Misstrauen ergriffen [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 27, 15.] [Pañcatantra 47, 15.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 16, 99.] svagehinyām [64, 129.] dvāḥsthasaṃbhrama [20, 49. 45, 33.] m [?adv. Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 23.]
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: Shanka, Shasha, Asanka, Sha, Anka, Ca.
Starts with (+14): Shashamkakiranalehya, Shashamkalekhe, Shashamkavamsha, Shashankabha, Shashankabhas, Shashankabimba, Shashankadhara, Shashankagana, Shashankaja, Shashankakanta, Shashankakirana, Shashankakiranaprakhya, Shashankakula, Shashankalekha, Shashankamukha, Shashankamukuta, Shashankamurti, Shashankan, Shashankaprabha, Shashankapura.
Ends with: Pratimashashanka, Raka-shashanka, Rakashashanka, Sharacchashanka, Tarashashanka.
Full-text (+53): Sashankam, Shashankalekha, Shashadhara, Shashamka, Shashank, Shashankabhas, Raka-shashanka, Shashankopala, Shashankardha, Shashankavati, Sashankata, Shashankasuta, Shamsaka, Shashankavadana, Shashankakula, Shashankadhara, Shashankakanta, Shashankabimba, Shashankapura, Shashankashekhara.
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