Shishunaga, Śiśunāga, Shishu-naga: 9 definitions
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Shishunaga has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śiśunāga can be transliterated into English as Sisunaga or Shishunaga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚiśunāga (शिशुनाग):—m.
1) eine junge Schlange [Rāmāyaṇa ed. Bomb. 3, 73, 32 (76, 28 Gorresio).] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde 1, Anhang XXXIII. 2, 83.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 4, 24, 3.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 1, 4.] pl. seine Nachkommen, - Dynastie 6. — Vgl. śaiśunāga .
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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Partial matches: Shishu, Naga, Cicu.
Full-text (+4): Shaishunaga, Kakavarna, Mahanandi, Brihadratha, Ekalinga, Shishunaka, Jaloka, Haryanka, Nantar, Celana, Vihalla, Aikshvaku, Halla, Secanaka, Mahapadma, Prasenajit, Nanda, Shrenika, Shalishuka, Vitihotra.
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