Shighraga, Śīghraga: 9 definitions
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Shighraga has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śīghraga can be transliterated into English as Sighraga or Shighraga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚīghraga (शीघ्रग):—
1) adj. (f. ā) sich rasch bewegend, einen schnellen Lauf habend [Mahābhārata 1, 1235.] [Harivaṃśa 10843.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 2, 5.] haya [2, 49, 11. 97, 20. 3, 31, 3. 4, 28, 31.] ratha [Mahābhārata 2, 553.] nadī [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 46, 28. 52, 3. 68.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 55, 14.] [Suśruta 1, 45, 2.] sattva [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 54. 69, 20.] su [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 67, 26.] —
2) m. a) ein N. der Sonne [Mahābhārata 3, 155.] — b) Nomen proprium α) eines Sohnes des Agnivarṇa [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 70, 40 (72, 29 Gorresio). 2, 110, 31. fg. (119, 28. fg. Gorresio).] — β) eines Hasen [Pañcatantra 164, 3.]
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Starts with: Shighragamana, Shighragamin, Shighraganga, Shighragantri, Shighragati, Shighragatiphala, Shighragatva.
Ends with: Sushighraga.
Full-text: Shighragatva, Agnivarna, Sushighraga, Shighrasamcarin, Shighragamin, Shighrayana, Shighragati, Sampati, Vidhi, Maru, Shighra, Ga.
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Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
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Ramayana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 279 - Greatness of Cyavanāditya (Cyavana-āditya) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
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