Shravishtha, Śraviṣṭhā, Śraviṣṭha: 10 definitions
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Shravishtha has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Śraviṣṭhā and Śraviṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Sravistha or Shravishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚraviṣṭha (श्रविष्ठ):—
1) adj. unter dem Nakṣatra Śraviṣṭhā geboren [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 34.] m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes gaṇa aśvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 110.] —
2) f. ā a) (oxyt. [Śāntanācārya’s Phiṭsūtrāṇi 1, 20.] proparox. in den accentuirten Texten) pl. (später auch sg. und du.) N. des 21ten (22ten, 23ten) Nakṣatra (= dhaniṣṭhā), vorgestellt unter dem Bilde einer Trommel, [WHITNEY,] [Sūryasiddhānta S. 196.] [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 2, 23.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 114.] [Halāyudha 1, 51.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19, 7, 4.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 4, 4, 10, 2.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 5, 1, 5. 9. 3, 1, 2, 7.] [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 27. fg. 34. 112. fg. Nakṣ. 1, 312. 2, 300. 315. 325. 354. fg. 375. 389.] [MAITRYUP. 6, 14.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 34.] — b) Nomen proprium einer Tochter Citraka's [Harivaṃśa 1921. 2089.] Rājādhideva’s [2034], der Mutter von Paippalādi (Pippalādi die neuere Ausg.) und Kauśika [11074] nach der Lesart der neueren Ausg. (praviṣṭā die ältere). — Vgl. śrāviṣṭhāyana und śrāviṣṭhīya .
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Śrāviṣṭha (श्राविष्ठ):—adj. (f. ī) zum Nakṣatra Śraviṣṭhā in Beziehung stehend: māsa [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 455. 10, 289.] paurṇamāsī, amāvāsyā [289. fgg.]
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