Carshani, Carṣaṇī, Carṣaṇi: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Carṣaṇī and Carṣaṇi can be transliterated into English as Carsani or Carshani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Charshani.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) Carṣaṇī (चर्षणी).—The wife of Varuṇa.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VI. 18. 4.
2) Carṣaṇi (चर्षणि).—Sons of Aryaman and Mātṛkā. They were the originators of human race.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VI. 6. 42.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryCarṣaṇi (चर्षणि).—a. [kṛṣ ani ādeśca caḥ Tv.] Ved.
1) Seeing, observing.
2) Moving, movable.
3) Swift active, पिता कुटस्य चर्षणिः (pitā kuṭasya carṣaṇiḥ) Ṛgveda 1.46.4.
-ṇiḥ A man; सुवीर्याय चर्षणयो मदन्ति (suvīryāya carṣaṇayo madanti) Ṛgveda 1.184.4; मायाऽश्विनौ समनक्ति चर्षणी (māyā'śvinau samanakti carṣaṇī) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.3.61. -f. A disloyal woman (bandhakī); स चर्षणीनामुदगाच्छुचो मृजन् (sa carṣaṇīnāmudagācchuco mṛjan) Bhāgavata 1.29.2.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryCarṣaṇi (चर्षणि).—m.
(-ṇiḥ) A man. kṛṣa-ani ādeśca caḥ uṇādi . manuṣye .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryCarṣaṇi (चर्षणि).— (vb. car), pl. Men.
— [Rigveda.] i. 86. 5.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryCarṣaṇi (चर्षणि).—[adjective] agile, swift, active; [feminine] [plural] men, people, [with] panca the five races of men.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Carṣaṇi (चर्षणि):—[from carṣaṇa] mfn. (√kṛṣ), ‘cultivating’, active, agile, swift, [Ṛg-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] ([Atharva-veda vii, 110, 2]), [Mahābhārata i, 726]
3) [v.s. ...] seeing ([from] √cakṣ?), [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska iii, 11; Nirukta, by Yāska v, 24]
4) [v.s. ...] f. [plural] ‘cultivators (opposed to nomads)’, men, people, race, [Ṛg-veda] (pañca c = p kṛṣṭayas (q.v.), [v, 86, 2; vii, 15, 2; ix, 101, 9]), [Atharva-veda xiii, 1, 38; Bhāgavata-purāṇa x, 29, 2]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of Aryaman’s children by Mātṛkā (progenitors of the human race), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa vi, 6, 40] (cf. pra-, ratha-, vi-, viśva-.).
6) Carṣaṇī (चर्षणी):—[from carṣaṇa] in [compound] for ṇi
7) [v.s. ...] f. a disloyal wife, [Rājataraṅgiṇī vii, 102]
8) [v.s. ...] Name of Varuṇa’s wife (mother of Bhṛgu), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa vi, 18, 4.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryCarṣaṇi (चर्षणि):—(ṇiḥ) 2. m. A man.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Carshanidhrit, Carshanidhriti, Carshanipra, Carshanisah.
Ends with: Pracarshani, Rathacarshani, Vicarshani, Vishvacarshani.
Full-text (+1): Carshanidhrit, Vishvacarshani, Carshanipra, Carshanisah, Carshanidhriti, Vicarshani, Rathacarshani, Vicarman, Matrika, Dhrit, Abhishtikrit, Vishvakrishti, Pra, Valmiki, Panca, Dhriti, Krishti, Sah, Dharshana, Anj.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Notes regarding Rādhā and Yogamāyā < [Appendices]
Chapter 18 - The Birth of the Maruts < [Book 6 - Sixth Skandha]
Chapter 29 - Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Rāsa with Gopīs < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Position of Women < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]