Shirnanghri, Śīrṇāṅghri, Shirna-anghri: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śīrṇāṅghri can be transliterated into English as Sirnanghri or Shirnanghri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚīrṇāṅghri (शीर्णाङ्घ्रि).—
1) epithets of Yama.
2) of the planet Saturn.
Derivable forms: śīrṇāṅghriḥ (शीर्णाङ्घ्रिः).
Śīrṇāṅghri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śīrṇa and aṅghri (अङ्घ्रि). See also (synonyms): śīrṇapāda.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚīrṇāṅghri (शीर्णाङ्घ्रि).—m.
(-ṅghriḥ) Yama, judge of the dead. E. śīrṇa shrivelled, aṅghri a foot: being shrunk up in consequence of a curse of his mother’s.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚīrṇāṅghri (शीर्णाङ्घ्रि).—(vb. śṛ10), m. Yama.
Śīrṇāṅghri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śīrṇa and aṅghri (अङ्घ्रि).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚīrṇāṅghri (शीर्णाङ्घ्रि):—[from śīrṇa] m. Name of Yama (= śīrṇa-pāda, q.v.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚīrṇāṅghri (शीर्णाङ्घ्रि):—[śīrṇā+ṅghri] (ṅghriḥ) 2. m. Yama.
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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Partial matches: Shirna, Anghri.
Full-text: Shirnapada, Shirnamhri.
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