Ashunyashayana, Aśūnyaśayana, Ashunya-shayana: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Aśūnyaśayana can be transliterated into English as Asunyasayana or Ashunyashayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAśūnyaśayana (अशून्यशयन).—The day on which the Viśvakarman rests.
Derivable forms: aśūnyaśayanam (अशून्यशयनम्).
Aśūnyaśayana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aśūnya and śayana (शयन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumAśūnyaśayana (अशून्यशयन) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—paur. NW. 476.
Aśūnyaśayana has the following synonyms: Dvitīyākalpa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAśūnyaśayana (अशून्यशयन):—[=a-śūnya-śayana] [from a-śūnya] n. the day on which Viśvakarman rests, [Vāmana-purāṇa]
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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: Sayana, Ashunya.
Starts with: Ashunyashayanadvitiya, Ashunyashayanavrata, Ashunyashayanavratam.
Full-text: Ashunyashayanavrata, Ashunyashayanadvitiya, Dvitiyakalpa.
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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 88 - Divyādevī Goes to Viṣṇu’s Heaven < [Section 2 - Bhūmi-khaṇḍa (section on the earth)]
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