Shun, Sun, Śun: 12 definitions
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Shun has 11 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śun can be transliterated into English as Sun or Shun, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚun (शुन्):—, śunati [DHĀTUP. 28, 46] (gatau).
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 (+222): Shumde, Shumdekayi, Shumdil, Shumdilu, Shumni, Shumthatana, Shumthihullu, Shumtike, Shunaca-barbara, Shunacakradhvajavant, Shunagatra, Shunah, Shunahkarna, Shunahotra, Shunahpuccha, Shunahpucchasmriti, Shunahpucha, Shunahpuchasmriti, Shunahpuchchha, Shunahsakha.
Ends with: Cockshun, Gui shun, Kshun, Oshun, Pishun, Shiushun, Ushun.
Full-text (+6549): Surya, Bhanu, Ravi, Aditya, Arka, Suryamandala, Dakshinayana, Atapa, Rahu, Saura, Uttarayana, Bhaskara, Suryabimba, Divakara, Samparivajjeti, Tarani, Ashta, Haridashva, Bhasvat, Nabhomani.
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Search found 444 books and stories containing Shun, Sun, Śun, Śuṇ; (plurals include: Shuns, Suns, Śuns, Śuṇs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) (by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat)
Verse 11.12 < [Chapter 11 - Vishvarupa-darshana-yoga]
Verse 11.2 < [Chapter 11 - Vishvarupa-darshana-yoga]
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (by Swāmī Mādhavānanda)
Section V - In Praise of Satya Brahman < [Chapter V]
Section XV - The Prayer of a Dying Person < [Chapter V]
Section X - The Path of the Departing Soul < [Chapter V]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XXXIX - Admonitions of hari to prahlada < [Book V - Upasama khanda (upashama khanda)]
Chapter LXXV - Description of the final conflagration of the world < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter XLVIII - On the dignity of right discrimination < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 20: The Jyotiṣkas < [Chapter III - The initiation and omniscience of Ajita]
Part 9: Passage through Tamisrā < [Chapter IV - Conquest of Bharatavarṣa by Sagara]
Part 2: Conquest of Magadhatīrtha by Sagara < [Chapter IV - Conquest of Bharatavarṣa by Sagara]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 7.15 - Poetic conventions regarding to the Identity of Twelve Suns < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Part 8 - Kāvya-pāka (maturity in poetic expression) < [Chapter 3 - Contribution of Rājaśekhara to Sanskrit Poetics]
Part 7.3 - Classifications of Kavisamaya (poetic conventions) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
The Gospel of Buddha (by Paul Carus)
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