Chinnakesha, Chinnakeśa, Chinna-kesha: 4 definitions

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Chinnakesha 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 Chinnakeśa can be transliterated into English as Chinnakesa or Chinnakesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Chhinnakesha.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Chinnakesha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Chinnakeśa (छिन्नकेश).—a. shorn, shaven.

Chinnakeśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms chinna and keśa (केश).

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

Chinnakeśa (छिन्नकेश).—mfn.

(-śaḥ-śā-śaṃ) Shorn, shaven. E. chinna, and keśa the hair.

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

Chinnakeśa (छिन्नकेश):—[=chinna-keśa] [from chinna > chid] mfn. having the hair cut, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Chinnakeśa (छिन्नकेश):—[chinna-keśa] (śaḥ-śā-śaṃ) a. Shorn.

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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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