Shenya, Śēṇyā, Śeṇyā: 5 definitions
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Shenya has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Śēṇyā and Śeṇyā can be transliterated into English as Senya or Shenya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSenya (सेन्य):—(von senā)
1) adj. durch Speerwurf veranlasst: vadha [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1, 20, 2. 6, 99, 2.] —
2) m. Speerwerfer, Kriegsmann [Ṛgveda 1, 81, 2. 7, 30, 2.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 18, 1, 40] [?(Ṛgveda v. l.).] — Vgl. sainya .
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: Shenyakhaira, Shenyan, Shenyasapa.
Ends with: Abhushenya, Advishenya, Dadrikshenya, Didrikshenya, Drishenya, Dvishenya, Harishenya, Ikshenya, Paprikshenya, Parishenya, Praninishenya, Pravrishenya, Shikshenya, Shushrushenya, Shushushenya, Stushenya, Ushenya, Varishenya.
Full-text: Bhaimaseni, Shaurasenya, Shenyasapa, Augraseni, Jatasenya, Bhaimasenya, Asenya, Sarvasenya, Vitkhadira, Arimeda, Abhyayasenya, Shindakadi, Abhisheni, Ari, Shapa.
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