Anantashirsha, Anantaśīrṣa, Ananta-shirsha: 7 definitions

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Anantashirsha 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 Anantaśīrṣa can be transliterated into English as Anantasirsa or Anantashirsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anantaśīrṣa (अनन्तशीर्ष).—Name of Visnu or the Supreme Being.

-rṣā Name of the wife of Vāsuki.

Anantaśīrṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ananta and śīrṣa (शीर्ष).

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

Anantaśīrṣā (अनन्तशीर्षा).—f.

(-rṣā) The wife of Vasuki, the king of surpents. E. ananta many, and śīrṣa a head; many headed.

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

Anantaśīrṣā (अनन्तशीर्षा):—[=an-anta-śīrṣā] [from an-anta] f. Name of the snake king Vāsuki’s wife.

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

Anantaśīrṣā (अनन्तशीर्षा):—[bahuvrihi compound] f.

(-rṣā) The proper name of the wife of Vāsuki, a king of the serpents. E. ananta and śīrṣa; literally: ‘having innumerous heads’.

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

Anantaśīrṣā (अनन्तशीर्षा):—[ananta-śīrṣā] (rṣā) 1. f. The wife of Vāsuki, king of snakes.

[Sanskrit to German]

Anantashirsha 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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