The Sanskrit term Śaśaśṛṅga can be transliterated into English as Sasasrnga or Shashashringa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Śaśaśṛṅga (शशशृङ्ग) is synonymous to Śaśaviṣāṇa—“horn of a hare” (i.e. used as a demonstration of an impossibility), as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 70, l 15]—‘Śaśaviṣāṇa’ which is a synonym of ‘śaśaśṛṅga’ and which means ‘a horn of a hare’ occurs on p 149, l. 13 and in Vol II on p 80, l. 12, p 86, ll. 14-15. The word ‘mṛgatṛṣṇikā’ meaning a mirage occurs m Vol II on p 76, l. 30. For other details about it see p 282

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śaśaśṛṅga (शशशृङ्ग).—a hare's horn; used to denote anything impossible, an utter impossibility; कदाचिदपि पर्यटञ् शशविषाणमासादयेत् (kadācidapi paryaṭañ śaśaviṣāṇamāsādayet) Bhartṛhari 2.5; शशशृङ्ग- धनुर्धरः (śaśaśṛṅga- dhanurdharaḥ); see खपुष्प (khapuṣpa).

Derivable forms: śaśaśṛṅgam (शशशृङ्गम्).

Śaśaśṛṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śaśa and śṛṅga (शृङ्ग). See also (synonyms): śaśaviṣāṇa.

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

Śaśaśṛṅga (शशशृङ्ग).—[neuter] the same.

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

1) Śaśaśṛṅga (शशशृङ्ग):—[=śaśa-śṛṅga] [from śaśa > śaś] n. = -viṣāṇa, [Manvarthamuktāvalī, kullūka bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on manu-smṛti on Manu-smṛti viii, 53]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a man, [Viddhaśālabhañjikā] (in Prākṛt).

[Sanskrit to German]

Shashashringa 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śaśaśṛṃga (ಶಶಶೃಂಗ):—[noun] = ಶಶವಿಷಾಣ [shashavishana].

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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: Shringa, Shasha.

Full-text: Sasavisana, Mrigatrishnika, Shringa.

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