Shunga, Śuṅga, Śuṅgā: 13 definitions
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Shunga has 12 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Śuṅga and Śuṅgā can be transliterated into English as Sunga or Shunga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚuṅga (शुङ्ग):—
1) m. a) Ficus indica und Spondias mangifera [Medinīkoṣa g. 25.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 117.] [Pravarādhyāya] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 61, 15.] pl. seine Nachkommen ebend. [?62, 17. LĀṬY. 4, 6, 20. Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 12, 15 PARIŚ. NIDĀNA 5, 8.] Name einer auf die Maurya folgenden Dynastie [Viṣṇupurāṇa 4, 24, 8. 11.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 1, 17.] sg. ein Fürst aus dieser Dynastie 18. statt dessen rājan [Viṣṇupurāṇa 4, 24, 12.] —
2) f. ā Knospendecke, namentlich der Feigenarten, [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1124.] [Suśruta 1, 317, 11. 2, 193, 1.] kṣīri [377, 16.] aśvattha [2, 155, 19.] nyagrodha [GOBH. 2, 6, 6. 7, 18.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 20.] [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 14.] = śūka Granne [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 45.] —
3) f. ī Ficus infectoria Willd. und Spondias mangifera [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 50.] —
4) m. n. Ficus infectoria [Medinīkoṣa] f. [Śabdakalpadruma] und [WILSON] nach ders. Aut. (sie werden demnach ca striyām st. cāstri gelesen haben). —
5) n. Knospendecke (insbes. des Feigenbaums); übertr. so v. a. Wirkung (Gegens. mūla Wurzel, Ursache) [Chāndogyopaniṣad 6, 8, 3. 4.] — Vgl. eka, śauṅga, śauṅgi .
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Starts with: Shunga-pwapwa, Shungabhritya, Shungakarman, Shungarajan.
Ends with: Dantashunga, Ekashunga, Mshunga, Shvetashunga, Shvethashunga, Sitashunga.
Full-text (+52): Shvetashunga, Ekashunga, Shungakarman, Shungarajan, Agnimitra, Shiru-shungam, Shaungya, Shungin, Cunkam, Cunkakkaran, Cunkavirai, Shaungi, Dantashunga, Sitashunga, Shaunga, Sungam-chedi, Devabhuti, Shunga-pwapwa, Puka sunga, Ropar.
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Search found 59 books and stories containing Shunga, Shungas, Śuṅga, Sunga, Śuṅgā, Sungas; (plurals include: Shungas, Shungases, Śuṅgas, Sungas, Śuṅgās, Sungases). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
A Historical Study of Kaushambi (by Nirja Sharma)
Kaushambi during the Shunga Dynasty < [Chapter 2]
Political History of Vatsa < [Chapter 2]
Religion and Society of Kaushambi < [Chapter 1]
Stupas in Orissa (Study) (by Meenakshi Chauley)
During the time of Sunga’s < [Chapter 2]
Development of Stupa Architecture in India < [Chapter 3]
Major Stupas at Langudi < [Chapter 4]
Kalidasa the Playwright different from < [July – September, 1999]
Rambling Thoughts on the Indian Art and < [April – June, 2008]
Manikanteesvara Temple: Kani Pakkam < [January – March, 1989]
Studies in Puranic History, Genealogies and Chronology < [Purana, Volume 4, Part 1 (1962)]
Historical Analysis of a Puranic Verse (relating to the Sunga Dynasty) < [Purana, Volume 11, Part 1 (1969)]
Megasthenes and Indian Chronology (Part 2) < [Purana, Volume 8, Part 2 (1966)]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Dynasty of Śuṅga < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
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