Abdhishayana, Abdhiśayana, Abdhi-shayana: 8 definitions

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Abdhishayana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Abdhiśayana can be transliterated into English as Abdhisayana or Abdhishayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Abdhishayana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abdhiśayana (अब्धिशयन).—Name of Viṣṇu (so called from his resting in the ocean at the destruction and renovation of the world).

Derivable forms: abdhiśayanaḥ (अब्धिशयनः).

Abdhiśayana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abdhi and śayana (शयन).

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

Abdhiśayana (अब्धिशयन).—m.

(-naḥ) A name of Vishnu. E. abdhi, and śayana sleeping; sleeping on the ocean at the periods of the destruction and renovation of the world, having the serpent Ananta for his couch.

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

Abdhiśayana (अब्धिशयन):—[=ab-dhi-śayana] [from ab-dhi > ab-ja] m. ‘sleeping on the ocean (at the periods of the destruction and renovation of the world)’, Name of Viṣṇu.

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

Abdhiśayana (अब्धिशयन):—[bahuvrihi compound] m.

(-naḥ) A name of Viṣṇu; (lit. having the ocean for his couch, i. e. sleeping on the ocean at the periods of the destruction and renovation of the world). E. abdhi and śayana.

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

Abdhiśayana (अब्धिशयन):—[abdhi-śayana] (naḥ) 1. m. Vishnu.

[Sanskrit to German]

Abdhishayana 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Abdhishayana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Abdhiśayana (ಅಬ್ಧಿಶಯನ):—[noun] Viṣṇu, whose bed is on the sea.

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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.

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