Ushnishin, Uṣṇīṣin, Uṣṇīṣi, Ushnishi: 8 definitions
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Ushnishin has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Uṣṇīṣin and Uṣṇīṣi can be transliterated into English as Usnisin or Ushnishin or Usnisi or Ushnishi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchUṣṇīṣin (उष्णीषिन्):—(von uṣṇīṣa) adj. mit einer Kopfbinde versehen [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 16, 22.] als Beiname Śiva’s [Mahābhārata 13, 1158. 14, 195.] kañcukoṣṇīṣiṇaḥ (das suff. zu beiden Worten) [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 99, 23.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungUṣṇīṣin (उष्णीषिन्):—Adj. mit einer Kopfbinde versehen.
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Ends with: Sitoshnishin.
Full-text: Aushnika.
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