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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Saiṃha (सैंह) refers to a “lion”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.44 (“Menā regains consciousness”).—Accordingly, as Pārvatī said to her mother Menā: “[...] O mother, give me to lord Śiva. O mother, agree to my humble entreaty. I request you. If you do not give me to Śiva, I am not going to woo anyone else. How can a jackal, the cunning cheat, seize the share of the lion (saiṃha)? O mother, Śiva has been wooed, yes, wooed by me mentally, verbally, and physically. You can do what you please”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Saiṃha (सैंह).—(Vapu); Viṣṇu in the body of a lion.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 97. 17.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

saiṃha (सैंह).—a S Relating to the lion, leonine.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saiṃha (सैंह).—a. (-hī f.) Belonging to a lion, leonine; द्युतिं सैहीं किं श्वा धृतकनकमालोऽपि लभते (dyutiṃ saihīṃ kiṃ śvā dhṛtakanakamālo'pi labhate) H.1.154; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3.154. Śiśupālavadha 1.47.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saiṃha (सैंह).—mfn.

(-haḥ-hī-haṃ) Belonging to a lion, leonine, lion-like. E. siṃha a lion, aṇ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saiṃha (सैंह).—i. e. siṃha + a, adj., f. hī, 1. Inherent in a lion, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 174. M. M. 2. Lion-like.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saiṃha (सैंह).—[feminine] ī relating to a lion, leonine.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saiṃha (सैंह):—mf(ī)n. ([from] siṃha) belonging to lions, leonine, lion-like, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saiṃha (सैंह):—[(haḥ-hī-haṃ) a.] Lion-like.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Saiṃha (सैंह) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sīha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Saimha in German

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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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Starts with: Saimhadrika, Saimhakarna, Saimhakarona, Saimhakayana, Saimhala, Saimhalaka, Saimhali, Saimhapura.

Full-text: Saimhadrika, Saimhakayana, Saimhala, Saimhakarna, Saimhali, Saimhakarona, Saimhika, Sainhikeya, Siha.

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