Bhadrashrenya, Bhadraśreṇya: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bhadraśreṇya can be transliterated into English as Bhadrasrenya or Bhadrashrenya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaBhadraśreṇya (भद्रश्रेण्य).—A Hehaya King who was ruling a state with Māhiṣmatī as capital. He had fought many wars with Divodāsa, king of Kāśī. (See under Divodāsa).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexBhadraśreṇya (भद्रश्रेण्य).—The son of Mahismān, a man of great prowess; king of Vārāṇasi, father of Durdama and 99 other sons, all able archers, whom Dīvodāsa slew except Durdama;1 the family was destroyed by Pratardana.2
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhadraśreṇya (भद्रश्रेण्य):—[=bhadra-śreṇya] [from bhadra > bhand] m. Name of a king, [Harivaṃśa]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shrenya, Bhadra.
Full-text: Durdama, Carvangi, Citrangi, Bhadrasena, Kusamba.
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