Sukesha, Sukeśā, Sukeṣa, Sukeśa: 10 definitions
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Sukesha has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Sukeśā and Sukeṣa and Sukeśa can be transliterated into English as Sukesa or Sukesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSukeśa (सुकेश):—
1) adj. (f. ī) schönes Haupthaar habend [Mahābhārata 3, 2465. 15601.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 23, 16. 52, 35. 5, 17, 25.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Rākṣasa, eines Sohnes des Vidyutkeśa, [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 4, 32.] —
3) f. ī Nomen proprium a) einer Apsaras [Halāyudha.1,88.] [Oxforder Handschriften 184,a,27.] [Mahābhārata 13,1425.] — b) einer Tochter Ketuvīrya’s [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 132, 46.]
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: Kesa, Cu, Shu.
Starts with: Sukeshan, Sukeshanta.
Full-text (+33): Lankatankata, Sukeshi, Mali, Malin, Malyavat, Sukeshanta, Sukeshibharya, Manimaya, Sapeksha, Prahasta, Unmatta, Sumalin, Shalakatankata, Ketumati, Patalaravana, Riksharajas, Purnamegha, Adityarajas, Pritimati, Dhumraksha.
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Prashna Upanishad with Shankara’s Commentary (by S. Sitarama Sastri)
Verse 1.1 < [Prashna I - The spiritual paths of the Moon and the Sun]
Verse 6.1 < [Prashna VI - The Purusha of sixteen Kalas (parts)]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 6 - Vishnu goes to the defence of the Gods < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Chapter 5 - The Story of the three Sons of Sukesha < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Chapter 4 - Origin of the Rakshasas and of the Boons they received < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 20: Winning of the woman-jewel < [Chapter IV - Conquest of Bharatavarṣa by Sagara]
Introduction to volume 4 < [Introductions]
Part 2: Rāvaṇa’s lineage (vaṃśa) < [Chapter I - Origin of the Rākṣasavaṃśa and Vānaravaṃśa]
Formal Education System in Ancient India (by Sushmita Nath)
Teacher-Student (Guru-Śiṣya) relationship < [Chapter 6 - Methods of Teaching and the Teacher–Student relationship]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 33 - Statement of the Sages (ṛṣivākya) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 103 - The glory of Śakti (pārvatī-vivāha) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]