Simhala, Siṃhala: 25 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSiṃhala (सिंहल):—
1) m. a) pl. die Bewohner von Ceylon [Pariśiṣṭa des Atharvaveda] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 93 (56).] [Mahābhārata 1, 6684. 2, 1271. 1894. 3, 1989. 7, 798.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14, 15.] [JYOTISTATTVA im Śabdakalpadruma] [Kathāsaritsāgara 56, 62. fg. 67, 53.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 295.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 58, 27.] sg. die Insel Ceylon [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 19, 30] (neben laṅkā). siṃhalādīndvīpān [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 356.] dvīpe siṃhale [Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 10, 112.] siṃhalapati [Kathāsaritsāgara 81, 32.] siṃhalādhipa [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 11, 60.] siṃhalākara adj. auf Ceylon gefunden werdend [81, 2.] siṃhalāṃśuka [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 294. -] [BURNOUF,] [?Intr. 223. Hiouen-Thsang 1, 218. 2, 124. fgg.] Vie de [Hiouen-Thsang 183. 194.] [TĀRAN. 44. 221.] [Oxforder Handschriften 338,b,32. 339,b,46.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Mannes [BURNOUF,] [?Intr. 223. fg. Hiouen-Thsang 2, 132.] Vie de [Hiouen-Thsang 198.] —
2) f. ā die Insel Ceylon; s. sthāna . —
3) n. a) Zinn [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1042.] gelbes Messing (rīti) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] siṃhaka unsere Hdschrr. [13, 28.] — b) Zimmet oder Cassia - Rinde (tvaca) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] saiṃhala unsere Hdschrr. [6, 172.] — Vgl. saiṃhala .
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 8.3 - Rājaśekhara’s concepts of Bhāratavarṣa (undivided india) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Part 8.5 - Region of Dakṣiṇāpatha (southern part) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Appendix 2 - Identification of Geographical names mentioned in the Kāvyamīmāṃsā
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 1 - Country of Sang-kia-lo (Simhala) < [Book XI - Twenty-three Countries]
Chapter 9 - Country of U-ch’a (Udra) < [Book X - Seventeen Countries]
Chapter 9 - Country of Su-lo-k’in-na (Srughna) < [Book IV - Fifteen Countries]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 8a - Countries and cities (found in the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita) < [Chapter IV - Socio-cultural study of the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 4: Marriage with Lakṣmaṇā < [Chapter VI - Marriage of Kṛṣṇa with Rukmiṇī and others]
Part 2: Story of Bandhudatta < [Chapter IV - The wandering and emancipation of Pārśvanātha]
Part 7: Refusal to marry < [Chapter II - Vāsupūjyacaritra]
The travels of Fa-Hian (400 A.D.) (by Samuel Beal)
The Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)