The Sanskrit term Ṣaṭtriṃśa can be transliterated into English as Sattrimsa or Shattrimsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Ṣaṭtriṃśa (षट्त्रिंश) refers to the “thirty-six (spokes)” (of a circle), according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, “[...]  A circle [of the twenty-four Ḍākinīs] is on an all-colored lotus of forty-eight petals. On the twelve [circles], provided with sixteen gates, pleasing, and [complete with] thirty-two charnel grounds, [marks of] (1) knife, (2) jewel, (3) vajra, (4) lotus, (5) disk, (6) sword, (7) crossed vajra, (8) skull bowl, (9) hairless head, (10) skeleton (kaṅkāla), a powerful entity’s head [muṇḍakaṅkāla īśakam], (11) noose, and (12) hook are to be known: circular patterns [of these marks] are on the respective circles. Every [circle is] also [provided with] thirty-six spokes (ekaika-ṣaṭtriṃśa-ara). A vajra on a lotus is [placed on] a sun [disk]. [...]”.

context information

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Ṣaṭtriṃśa (षट्त्रिंश).—[feminine] ī the thirty-sixth.

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

1) Ṣaṭtriṃśa (षट्त्रिंश):—[=ṣaṭ-triṃśa] [from ṣaṭ > ṣaṣ] mf(ī)n. consisting of 36 [Ṛg-veda; Pañcaviṃśa-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

2) [v.s. ...] provided with the Stoma of 36 parts, [Brāhmaṇa; Lāṭyāyana]

3) [v.s. ...] the 36th (f. [dual number] ‘the 35th and 36th’ [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Rājataraṅgiṇī]; 36 (in śona, ‘diminished by 36’), [Lāṭyāyana; Nidāna-sūtra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shattrimsha in German

context information

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

Ṣaṭtriṃśa (ಷಟ್ತ್ರಿಂಶ):—[adjective] amounting to thirty six.

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Ṣaṭtriṃśa (ಷಟ್ತ್ರಿಂಶ):—[noun] the cardinal number thirty six.

context information

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: Trimsha, Sat, Shash.

Starts with (+2): Shattrimshabdika, Shattrimshacchatya, Shattrimshad, Shattrimshad-danda-ayudha, Shattrimshadabdika, Shattrimshadaha, Shattrimshadahashas, Shattrimshadakshara, Shattrimshaddipika, Shattrimshadishtaka, Shattrimshaduna, Shattrimshadvikrama, Shattrimshan, Shattrimshanmata, Shattrimshat, Shattrimshati, Shattrimshatika, Shattrimshatka, Shattrimshatpadakajnana, Shattrimshatsahasra.

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