Shatayus, Śatāyus, Shata-ayus: 10 definitions
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Shatayus has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śatāyus can be transliterated into English as Satayus or Shatayus, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚatāyus (शतायुस्):—1. (1. śata + 2. ā) n. ein Alter von hundert Jahren [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 45, 5.]
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Śatāyus (शतायुस्):—2. (wie eben)
1) adj. ein Alter von hundert Jahren erreichend [Kāṭhaka-Recension 34, 5] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 477.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 68, 50.] [Hitopadeśa ed. JOHNS. 2096.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 27, 12.] Andere Belege s. u. 2. āyus 1). —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Purūravas [Mahābhārata 1, 3149.] [Harivaṃśa 1373.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 398.] des Cirāyus [Kathāsaritsāgara 41, 58.] des Uśanas [Viṣṇupurāṇa 2te Aufl. 4, 63, Nalopākhyāna 4.]
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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Starts with: Shatayushi.
Ends with: Caturvarshashatayus.
Full-text: Shatayu, Caturvarshashatayus, Catayucu, Pururavas.
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