Vrishadhvaja, Vṛṣadhvaja, Vrisha-dhvaja: 13 definitions
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Vrishadhvaja has 12 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Vṛṣadhvaja can be transliterated into English as Vrsadhvaja or Vrishadhvaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVṛṣadhvaja (वृषध्वज):—1. m. ein Banner mit einem Stiere [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 58, 43.]
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Vṛṣadhvaja (वृषध्वज):—2.
1) adj. einen Stier im Banner habend. —
2) m. a) Beiname Śiva’s (vgl. [Mahābhārata 13, 6401]) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 29.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 6.] [Mahābhārata 2, 481. 1640. 3, 7099. 15802. 5, 7380. 13, 929.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 37, 9 (38, 9 Gorresio).] [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 56, 13. 6, 102, 3.] [Raghuvaṃśa 11, 44.] [Kirātārjunīya 13, 28.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 31. 52, 388.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 4, 23. 17, 10. 7, 10, 60.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 23, 61. 56, 10.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [Oxforder Handschriften 24,a,7. 8. 10.] eines Verfassers von mystischen Gebeten bei den Tāntrika [101,a,37.] — c) Nomen proprium eines Berges [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 58, 11.] —
3) f. ā Beiname der Durgā [Harivaṃśa 10246.]
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Partial matches: Vrisha, Dhvaja.
Ends with: Govrishadhvaja.
Full-text: Vrishabhadhvaja, Vrishanka, Govrishadhvaja, Vrishapali, Vrishalanchana, Vrishabhapali, Vrishabhalamchana, Vrishabhaketu, Vrishaketana, Parivritti, Manu, Pravira, Prayaga, Rudra.
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