The Sanskrit term Vīraśaya can be transliterated into English as Virasaya or Virashaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vīraśaya (वीरशय).—the couch of a dead or wounded hero in a battle; battlefield; कलेवरं योगरतो विजह्याद्यदग्रेणीर्वीरशयेऽनिवृत्तः (kalevaraṃ yogarato vijahyādyadagreṇīrvīraśaye'nivṛttaḥ) Bhāgavata 6.1.33.

2) a particular posture.

Derivable forms: vīraśayaḥ (वीरशयः).

Vīraśaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vīra and śaya (शय). See also (synonyms): vīraśayana, vīraśayyā.

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

Vīraśaya (वीरशय).—[masculine] the couch of a (wounded or dead) hero.

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

Vīraśaya (वीरशय):—[=vīra-śaya] [from vīra > vīr] m. ([Bhāgavata-purāṇa]) the couch of a dead or wounded hero (formed of arrows).

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Virashaya 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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Partial matches: Saya, Vira.

Starts with: Virashayana.

Full-text: Sharapanjara, Virashayin, Sharashayya, Virashayana, Virashayya.

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