Shipra, Siprā, Sipra, Śiprā, Śipra: 14 definitions
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Shipra has 13 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Śiprā and Śipra can be transliterated into English as Sipra or Shipra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚiprā (शिप्रा):—
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Sipra (सिप्र):—
1) m. a) Schweiss [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 128.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 468.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 98.] [Hārāvalī 154.] — b) der Mond [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 85.] —
2) f. ā a) Nomen proprium eines bei Ujjayinī vorbeifliessenden Flusses [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Harivaṃśa 9509.] [Meghadūta 32.] [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 35.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 16, 9.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 24, 92. 107. 37, 4.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 185, Nalopākhyāna 80.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 57, 20. 24.] [Pañcatantra 240, 11.] [Kalikāpurāṇa 23 im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) a woman’s zone und a female buffalo [WILSON] ohne Angabe einer Aut. —
3) n. Nomen proprium eines Sees, aus dem die Siprā entspringt, [KĀLIKĀP. 23. 41 im Śabdakalpadruma] — Hier und da mit śa geschrieben.
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: Shipraka, Shipravant, Shipravat.
Ends with: Akshipra, Ayahshipra, Dashashipra, Harishipra, Hiranyashipra, Hirishipra, Kshipra, Sushipra, Vishishipra, Vrishashipra.
Full-text (+22): Sippa, Ayahshipra, Sushipra, Shipravat, Shiprin, Shipravant, Sipraya, Dashashipra, Shiprinivat, Vrishashipra, Hiranyashipra, Vishishipra, Vishipriya, Harishipra, Shipraka, Avanti, Hirishipra, Mahakala, Dasor, Hidimba.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 51 - The Genesis of the Name Amṛtodbhavā < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 52 - The Glorification of Śiprā < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 69 - Saṅgameśvara (saṅgama-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]
Warfare and Military System in Vedic Literature (by Rinki Deka)
Arms and Armours < [Chapter 2 - Military System as Revealed in the Vedic Texts]
Lord Hayagriva in Sanskrit Literature (by Anindita Adhikari)
Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
11. Descriptions of the rivers in the Jambudvīpa < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
3b. The Origin of Sarasvatī as a river < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 7 - Sandhyā gets the name Arundhatī and marries Vasiṣṭha < [Section 2.2 - Rudra-saṃhitā (2): Satī-khaṇḍa]