Ushnisha, Uṣṇīṣā, Uṣṇīṣa: 26 definitions
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Ushnisha has 24 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Uṣṇīṣā and Uṣṇīṣa can be transliterated into English as Usnisa or Ushnisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Ushnish.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchUṣṇīṣa (उष्णीष):—
1) m. n. Kopfbinde, Binde überh. [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 15, 2, 1.] tasya hoṣṇīṣeṇākṣyāvapinahyustasmāduṣṇīṣameva paryasya grāvṇo bhiṣṭuvanti [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 6, 1.] athāsmā adhvaryuruṣṇīṣaṃ prayacchati tadañjalinā pratigṛhya triḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ śiraḥ samukhaṃ veṣṭayitvā [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 5, 12.] lohitoṣṇīṣa adj. [9, 7.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 22, 3, 15.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3, 8.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 3, 2, 3.] tasyā uṣṇīṣo viśvarūpatamaḥ [?14, 2, 1, 8. 4, 5, 2, 7. Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 22, 4, 10. Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa in Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 33.] ṣaṭkārpāsakṛtoṣṇīṣāṇi pramārjanakriyāsu [Suśruta 1, 25, 3. 2, 142, 13.] sruguṣṇīṣe (du.) [Mahābhārata 2, 1914.] viśīrṇamalinoṣṇīṣaḥ [3, 842.] soṣṇīṣa [16158.] balākāpāṇḍuroṣṇīṣaṃ vidyutkṣiptacāmaram . mattavāraṇasārūpyaṃ kartukāmamivāmbaram .. [Mṛcchakaṭikā 84, 5.] Turban; Diadem [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 222.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 651. 667.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 731.] [Medinīkoṣa ṣ. 32.] —
2) ein best. Kennzeichen (lakṣaṇāntara) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] ein charakteristisches Merkmal auf dem Kopfe Buddha's, entweder das turbanartig gewundene Haar oder ein Auswuchs auf dem Kopfe, [BURN. Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 558. fgg.]
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Uṣṇīṣa (उष्णीष):—
1) [Kāṭhaka-Recension 13, 10.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 16, 6, 13. 17, 1, 14.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 44, 27.] sitoṣṇīṣa [Mahābhārata 5, 7105.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 206.] —
2) buddh. [WASSILJEW 42.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUṣṇīṣa (उष्णीष):——
1) m. n. Kopfbinde , Turban , Binde überh. uṣṇīṣapaṭṭa dass. [290,10.] —
2) Bez. eines Auswuchses auf Śākyamuni’s Kopfe.
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Starts with: Ushnishabhajana, Ushnishacakravarti, Ushnishadharana, Ushnishadharin, Ushnishakoshasarvadharmaprabhamandalamegha, Ushnishapatta, Ushnisharpana, Ushnishashiraska, Ushnishashiraskata, Ushnishashobhana, Ushnishashri, Ushnishavijaya, Ushnishavijayatara.
Ends with: Abjoshnisha, Chatroshnisha, Dhvajoshnisha, Nirushnisha, Padmoshnisha, Ratnoshnisha, Tejoshnisha, Tikshnoshnisha, Tushnisha, Vajroshnisha, Vishvoshnisha.
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