Kulashaila, Kulaśaila, Kula-shaila: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kulaśaila can be transliterated into English as Kulasaila or Kulashaila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKulaśaila (कुलशैल).—a principal mountain, one of a class of seven mountains which are supposed to exist in each division of the continent; their names are :-महेन्द्रो मलयः सह्यः शुक्तिमान् ऋक्षपर्वतः । विन्ध्यश्च पारियात्रश्च सप्तैते कुलपर्वताः (mahendro malayaḥ sahyaḥ śuktimān ṛkṣaparvataḥ | vindhyaśca pāriyātraśca saptaite kulaparvatāḥ) ||
Derivable forms: kulaśailaḥ (कुलशैलः).
Kulaśaila is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kula and śaila (शैल). See also (synonyms): kulācala, kulādri, kulaparvata.
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Kulaśaila (कुलशैल).—see कुलाचल (kulācala) above.
Derivable forms: kulaśailaḥ (कुलशैलः).
Kulaśaila is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kula and śaila (शैल). See also (synonyms): kulaparvata.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKulaśaila (कुलशैल):—[=kula-śaila] [from kula] m. = -giri, [Kathāsaritsāgara cxix, 16.]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKulaśaila (ಕುಲಶೈಲ):—
1) [noun] any of the seven prominent mountains (ಮಹೇಂದ್ರ, ಮಲಯ, ಸಹ್ಯ, ಶುಕ್ತಿಮಾನ್, ಋಕ್ಷ, ವಿಂಧ್ಯ [mahemdra, malaya, sahya, shuktiman, riksha, vimdhya] and ಪಾರಿಯಾತ್ರ [pariyatra]).
2) [noun] a symbol for the number seven.
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Kuḷaśaila (ಕುಳಶೈಲ):—
1) [noun] any of the seven prominent mountains (ಮಹೇಂದ್ರ, ಮಲಯ, ಸಹ್ಯ, ಶುಕ್ತಿಮಾನ್, ಋಕ್ಷ, ವಿಂಧ್ಯ [mahemdra, malaya, sahya, shuktiman, riksha, vimdhya] and ಪಾರಿಯಾತ್ರ [pariyatra]).
2) [noun] a symbol for the number seven.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shaila, Kula.
Ends with: Saptakulashaila.
Full-text: Kulacala, Kuladri, Kulaparvata, Kulashiloccaya, Kulaparvvata.
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