Shmashana, Śmaśāna, Smashana: 30 definitions
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Shmashana has 30 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śmaśāna can be transliterated into English as Smasana or Shmashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shamshan.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚmaśāna (श्मशान):—[Yāska’s Nirukta 3, 5] (= śmaśayana). gaṇa pṛṣodarādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 3, 109.] n. [Siddhāntakaumudī 249], a, [8. 9.]
1) (aufgedämmter Raum) Leichenstätte (sowohl für das Verbrennen der Leiche als zum Begräbniss der Gebeine; auch als Richtstätte benutzt) [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 87.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 61.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 989.] [Halāyudha 3, 16.] kūpa, śma [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5, 31, 8. 10, 1, 18.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 2, 8, 5.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 5, 2, 15. 13, 8, 1, 1. 5. 7. 17.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 21, 4, 25. 25, 8, 2.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 5, 5. 4, 1, 12.] [?15.GOBHILA 2, 4, 2. Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 37. 46. 77. 84. 86. 141.] niṣekādiśmaśānānta [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 16. 4, 116. 9, 318. 10, 39. 50.] [Mahābhārata 3, 15686. 5, 5171.] [Suśruta 1, 134, 18. 367, 1.] [Spr. (II) 1221. 2052.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 45, 9. 51, 4. 53, 120. 79, 3. 86, 78.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 104. 139. 38, 63.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 14, 24. 32, 20. 8, 7, 33.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 13, 17.] pāreśmaśānam [MĀLATĪM. 79, 19.] karaṇa n. [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 2, 10.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 8, 1. 7. 9.] cit ein śma schichtend [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 2, 8, 5.] wie ein śma geschichtet [4, 11, 3.] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 21, 4.] —
2) = pitṛmedha [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 25, 8, 7.] vivāhaśmaśānayoḥ [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 8 (9).] —
3) = brahmarandhra [Oxforder Handschriften 235], a, [19.] — Vgl. mahā (eine grosse Leichenstätte [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 3, 10)], śmāśānika .
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Starts with (+31): Shmashanabhairavi, Shmashanabhaj, Shmashanabhajana, Shmashanabhasman, Shmashanabhata, Shmashanabhojana, Shmashanacakra, Shmashanacit, Shmashanadhivyatikrama, Shmashanadhulika, Shmashanagni, Shmashanagocara, Shmashanagochara, Shmashanaka, Shmashanakali, Shmashanakalika, Shmashanakalikavaca, Shmashanakalimantra, Shmashanakarana, Shmashanakarma.
Ends with: Akritashmashana, Ashtashmashana, Gandhavahashmashana, Mahashmashana, Raudrashmashana, Rudrakalpamahashmashana, Upashmashana.
Full-text (+286): Shmashanaveshman, Shmashanavasin, Masana, Mahashmashana, Shmashanavata, Shitavana, Shmashanavartin, Shmashananivasin, Shmashanabhaj, Shmashanavairagya, Shmashanagocara, Shmashanashula, Shmashanalaya, Shmashanasadhana, Shamshan, Shmashanagni, Pareshmashanam, Madhyeshmashanam, Narakay, Upasthadaghna.
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Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 82 [Śakti-śmaśāna in Savikalpaka and Nirvikalpaka Samādhis] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Verse 247-253 [Twelve Śaktis] < [Chapter 4 - Fourth Vimarśa]
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 1 - The Greatness of Mahākālavana < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 201 - Greatness of Kālabhairava Śmaśāna < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
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