Shasva, Śasva, Sashva, Sāśva, Shashva: 6 definitions
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Shasva has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Śasva and Sāśva can be transliterated into English as Sasva or Shasva or Sashva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSāśva (साश्व):—(2. sa + aśva)
1) adj. sammt einem Ross [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 22, 2, 20.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten (neben vyaśva) [Mahābhārata 2, 328.]
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: Ashva, Sha, Ca.
Starts with: Shasvat.
Full-text: Sashvamedha, Arjuna, Antardha, Brahman.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.7.19 < [Chapter 7 - The Marriage of Śrī Rukmiṇī]
Verses 5.19.6-7 < [Chapter 19 - The Festival on Śrī Kṛṣṇa Return]
Verse 6.1.23 < [Chapter 1 - Jarāsandha’s Defeat]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section VIII < [Lokapala Sabhakhayana Parva]
Soma in Vedic Mythology and Ritual (study) (by Anjana Chakraborty)