Shirshaka, Śīrṣaka: 16 definitions
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Shirshaka has 15 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śīrṣaka can be transliterated into English as Sirsaka or Shirshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shirshak.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚīrṣaka (शीर्षक):—(von śīrṣa)
1) m. der Dämon Rāhu [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) n. a) Kopf [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 13, 36.] [PAÑCAR. 3, 4, 16.] Spitze: sasya [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1181.] — b) Helm [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 31.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 768.] [Hārāvalī 73.] — c) Schädel [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) Agallochum [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 129.] — e) die Strafe, zu der sich Jmd bereit erklärt, wenn ein Gottesurtheil den Gegner reinigt, [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 96.] stha sich zu einer solchen Strafe bereit erklärend 95; vgl. vart caus. 8). — Vgl. a, ava, ucchīrṣaka, citra, tri, dhānya, puruṣa, rakta, śravaṇaśīrṣikā, sama, sthū.a .
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: Shirshakapala, Shirshakastha, Shirshakatahaka.
Ends with (+19): Adhikaksharashirshaka, Akhetashirshaka, Akhotashirshaka, Ashirshaka, Ashtashirshaka, Avashirshaka, Chitrashirshaka, Citrashirshaka, Dhanvashirshaka, Dhanyashirshaka, Dvishirshaka, Goshirshaka, Kakapadamastashirshaka, Kapishirshaka, Katishirshaka, Khodakashirshaka, Kroshthushirshaka, Kshirashirshaka, Kurcashirshaka, Kurchashirshaka.
Full-text (+42): Akhetashirshaka, Trishirshaka, Dhanyashirshaka, Shirshakastha, Katishirshaka, Kapishirshaka, Goshirshaka, Dvishirshaka, Citrashirshaka, Khodakashirshaka, Raktashirshaka, Purushashirshaka, Cicchaka, Kripataka, Kripata, Ashirshaka, Avashirshaka, Sisakka, Ashirshika, Margashirshaka.
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