Shatadhanus, Śatadhanus: 3 definitions
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Shatadhanus has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śatadhanus can be transliterated into English as Satadhanus or Shatadhanus, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚatadhanus (शतधनुस्):—m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes, = śatadhanvan [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 133, Scholiast] eines Fürsten [Viṣṇupurāṇa 3, 18, 52. fgg.] eines Sohnes des Hṛdika (Hṛdīka) [4, 14, 7.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 24, 26.] Nomen proprium eines Vorfahren des Śākyamuni [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde 2, Anhang II.] Die Form śatadhanu [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 7, 44. 10, 57, 29.]
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Partial matches: Shata, Dhanus.
Full-text: Shatadhanvan.
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