Asitabhrashekhara, Asitābhraśekhara, Asita-abhrashekhara: 6 definitions

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Asitabhrashekhara 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 Asitābhraśekhara can be transliterated into English as Asitabhrasekhara or Asitabhrashekhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Asitābhraśekhara (असिताभ्रशेखर).—Name of a Buddha.

Derivable forms: asitābhraśekharaḥ (असिताभ्रशेखरः).

Asitābhraśekhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms asita and abhraśekhara (अभ्रशेखर).

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

Asitābhraśekhara (असिताभ्रशेखर).—m.

(-raḥ) A Jaina or Budd'ha saint. E. asita black, abhra a cloud, and śekhara a crest: cloud-crested.

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

Asitābhraśekhara (असिताभ्रशेखर):—[=asitābhra-śekhara] [from asita] m. Name of a Buddha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Asitābhraśekhara (असिताभ्रशेखर):—[asitā+bhra-śekhara] < [asitābhra-śekhara] (raḥ) 1. m. Jaina sage.

[Sanskrit to German]

Asitabhrashekhara 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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