The Sanskrit term Ekārṣeya can be transliterated into English as Ekarseya or Ekarsheya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Ekārṣeya (एकार्षेय).—One of the eleven Vasiṣṭha branches.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 70. 90.

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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 Dictionary

Ekārṣeya (एकार्षेय):—[from eka] mfn. having only one sacred ancestor, [Mānava-śrauta-sūtra]

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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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Full-text (+10): Alabdha, Cauli, Vauli, Dakavya, Brahmapureyaka, Kapisttala, Bodhapa, Shadvalayana, Gaupayana, Paudava, Pauli, Vadohali, Apasthuna, Aupaloma, Palishaya, Balishaya, Lomayana, Vaggranthaya, Svastikara, Gaudini.

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The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)

Chapter 8 - The race of the sages: Atri and Vasiṣṭha < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]

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