Simhamukha, Simha-mukha, Siṃhamukha: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSiṃhamukha (सिंहमुख):—
1) adj. ein Löwengesicht habend. —
2) m. Nomen proprium a) eines Wesens im Gefolge Śiva’s [Harivaṃśa 14851.] — b) eines Gelehrten [TĀRAN. 219.] —
3) f. ī Glycine debilis [MAD. 1, 89.] Gendarussa vulgaris Nees. [Rājanirghaṇṭa 4, 47.]
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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Partial matches: Mukha, Simha.
Full-text: Narasimha, Krishnaveri, Simhamukhi, Arjuna, Hasta, Dharmapala, Vyaghramukha, Ashvamukha, Ashvakarna, Trapusa, Hastimukha, Simhakarna, Hastikarna, Karnapravarana, Narasimhavatara, Anavatapta, Bhairava.
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Abhinaya-darpana (English) (by Ananda Coomaraswamy)
Chapter 26 - Hands denoting Animals
Plate XIII - Combined Hands < [Plates]
Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Appendix: The Kudu Ornamentation
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Early Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
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Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Sitibeta < [Chapter IV - Temples of Rajendra I’s Time]
Temples in Tiruvorriyur < [Chapter IV - Temples of Rajendra I’s Time]
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Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) (by S. Krishnamurthy)
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
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