Ushangu, Uṣaṅgu: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Uṣaṅgu can be transliterated into English as Usangu or Ushangu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchUṣaṅgu (उषङ्गु):—m. ein Beiname Śiva’s [Mahābhārata 13, 1219.] — Vgl. uśaṅgava .
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Uṣaṅgu (उषङ्गु):—m. Nomen proprium eines Ṛṣi [Mahābhārata 13, 7667.] eines Fürsten [6834] nach der Lesart der ed. Bomb. (ṛṣadgu ed. Calc.). Als Beiw. Śiva’s erklärt [Nīlakaṇṭha] das Wort folgendermaassen: uṣaṅgurnṛpaviśeṣo māndhātṛsāhacaryāt yadvā uṣaṃ dāhakaṃ gāvaḥ kiraṇā yasya . Die richtige Form ist wohl uṣadgu (uṣant brennend + gu Strahl).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUṣaṅgu (उषङ्गु):—m. —
1) Nomen proprium — a) eines Ṛṣi. — b) eines Fürsten. —
2) Beiname Śiva's.
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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Ends with: Rushangu.
Full-text: Rishadgu, Rishyangu, Ushangava, Vrijinivan.
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