Sthaneshvara, Sthana-ishvara, Sthāneśvara: 7 definitions
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Sthaneshvara has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Sthāneśvara can be transliterated into English as Sthanesvara or Sthaneshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSthāneśvara (स्थानेश्वर):—(sthāna + ī)
1) m. Gouverneur eines Ortes [Rājataraṅgiṇī 6, 283.] —
2) n. Nomen proprium einer Stadt und des Bereichs derselben (Thanesar) [Hiouen-Thsang 1,211. fgg. 2,339. fg.] [Oxforder Handschriften 39,b,2.] [HALL] in der Einl. zu [VĀSAVAD. 51.] Nach [Griechischen und Indoskythischen Könige] ([Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde 1,123]) soll sthāneśvara im [Mahābhārata] n. pr. eines Wallfahrtsortes sein.
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: Ishvara, Sthana.
Full-text: Sthanvishvara, Harshacarita, Thanesara, Bhavani.
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Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 8 - Country of Sa-t’a-ni-shi-fa-lo (Sthanesvara) < [Book IV - Fifteen Countries]
Chapter 9 - Country of Su-lo-k’in-na (Srughna) < [Book IV - Fifteen Countries]
Chapter 7 - Country of Mo-t’u-lo (Mathura) < [Book IV - Fifteen Countries]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 39 - Description of the fight between Viṣṇu and Dadhīca < [Section 2.2 - Rudra-saṃhitā (2): Satī-khaṇḍa]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 36 - Dialogue between Kṣupa and Dadhīca < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 92 - Glory of Śrīśaila < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 133 - The Holy Places in Jambūdvipa < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 319 - Greatness of Unnata Sthāna < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 198 - The Greatness of Śūleśvara Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
“The Classical Age” < [October 1954]