Shreyamsa, Śreyāṃsa, Shreyansa, Shreyamsha: 9 definitions
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Shreyamsa has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śreyāṃsa can be transliterated into English as Sreyamsa or Shreyamsa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚreyāṃsa (श्रेयांस):—(Nebenform von śreyaṃs) m. Nomen proprium des 11ten Arhant's der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇī [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 29] (vgl. [Oxforder Handschriften 186], b, [15]). śreyāṃśa fehlerhafte Lesart.
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Starts with: Shreyamsagita, Shreyamsakatha, Shreyamsanatha.
Full-text (+19): Simhapuri, Sejjamsa, Akshayatritiya, Seamsa, Venudevi, Vishnu, Shreyamsanatha, Adityapitha, Simhapura, Somayashas, Adikritmandala, Tirthankara, Tinduga, Vidyakirtigani, Cakora, Vidyakirti, Palasha, Sugar-cane juice, Rishabhastavana, Prajapati.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 8.279 < [Section XLII - Assaults]
Verse 4.57 < [Section IX - Personal Cleanliness]
Verse 8.96 < [Section XII - Exhortation and Examination of Witnesses]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 8: Śreyāṃsa’s life before initiation < [Chapter I - Śreyāṃsanāthacaritra]
Invocation < [Chapter I - Śreyāṃsanāthacaritra]
Part 7: The fast-breaking of Ṛṣabha < [Chapter III]
Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 1.175 < [Book 1 - Śīkṣāvallī]
Kalpa-sutra (Lives of the Jinas) (by Hermann Jacobi)
Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)
2. Summary of the Rishabha-pancashika < [Chapter 2 - The works of Dhanapala]