Shirasya, Śirasya: 6 definitions
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Shirasya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Shirasya has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śirasya can be transliterated into English as Sirasya or Shirasya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚirasya (शिरस्य):—adj. = śira iva gaṇa śākhādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 103.] śirasyāḥ keśāḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 61, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 1.] śīrṣaṇyaśirasyau viśade kace [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 49.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 570.]
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: Shirasyavarta.
Ends with: Kshirasya.
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