Ekashapha, Ekaśapha: 10 definitions
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Ekashapha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Ekaśapha can be transliterated into English as Ekasapha or Ekashapha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-śāstraEkaśapha (एकशफ) is a Sanskrit word referring to the horse and other “one-hoofed animals”. The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti. (also see the Manubhāṣya verse 5.8)
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraEkaśapha (एकशफ) refers to “horses”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If there should be both lunar and solar eclipses in one month, princes will suffer both from dissensions among their own army and from wars. [...] If the eclipses should fall in the lunar month of Śrāvaṇa, the people of Kāśmīra, of Pulinda and of Cīna (China), the Yavanas, the Kurus, the Gāndhāras and the people of Madhyadeśa (Central Provinces), the horses [i.e., ekaśapha] of Kāmboja and the crops of Śarat will perish; the rest of mankind will enjoy prosperity and will be happy”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryēkaśapha (एकशफ).—a (S) Solidungulous or whole-hoofed.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkaśapha (एकशफ).—m.
(-phaḥ) 1. A horse. 2. Any animal whose hoof is not cloven. E. eka one, uniform, and śapha a hoof.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkaśapha (एकशफ).—adj. and sbst. any animal whose hoof is not cloven, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 89.
Ekaśapha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and śapha (शफ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkaśapha (एकशफ).—[adjective] one i.e. whole-hoofed. [masculine] a whole-hoofed animal; [neuter] the solidungulous class of animals.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ekaśapha (एकशफ):—[=eka-śapha] [from eka] mfn. whole-hoofed, not cloven-hoofed, solidungulate, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-saṃhitā] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. a whole-hoofed animal (as a horse etc.)
3) [v.s. ...] n. the race of solidungulate animals, [Atharva-veda v, 31, 3; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Manu-smṛti etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkaśapha (एकशफ):—[eka-śapha] (phaḥ) 1. m. A horse; any beast not cloven-footed.
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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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