Svayudha, Svāyudha: 3 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSvāyudha (स्वायुध):—(6. su + ā) adj. gut bewaffnet: die Marut [Ṛgveda 5, 87, 5. 7, 56, 11.] Indra [6, 17, 13. 10, 47, 2.] Soma [9, 4, 7. 15, 8. 31, 6. 86, 12. 87, 2. 96, 16.] svā.u.haḥ sāsa.vāṃsoma.śatrūn [110, 12.] Rudra [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 16, 36.]
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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Starts with: Svayudhakalaha.
Ends with: Ishvayudha, Parashvayudha.
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Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)
2. Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (b): Rudra’s weapons < [Chapter 2 - Rudra-Śiva in the Saṃhitā Literature]
1. Epithets of Rudra-Śiva tracked in the Saṃhitā literature < [Chapter 6b - Epithets (References)]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Warfare and Military System in Vedic Literature (by Rinki Deka)
Principles of Division of Booty, Seized in War < [Chapter 4 - Principles and Ethics related to the Warfare]
Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)