Girishringa, Giriśṛṅga, Giri-shringa, Girishrimga: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Giriśṛṅga can be transliterated into English as Girisrnga or Girishringa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Giriśṛṅga (गिरिशृङ्ग).—an epithet of Gaṇeśa.

-gam the peak of a mountain.

Derivable forms: giriśṛṅgaḥ (गिरिशृङ्गः).

Giriśṛṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms giri and śṛṅga (शृङ्ग).

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

Giriśṛṅga (गिरिशृङ्ग).—m.

(-ṅgaḥ) 1. A name of Ganesa. 2. A peak of a mountain. E. giri a mount, and śṛṅga a peak, alluding to his bulk, or giri the mountain Kailasa, and śṛṅga a peak.

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

1) Giriśṛṅga (गिरिशृङ्ग):—[=giri-śṛṅga] [from giri > gir] n. the peak of a mountain, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a place, [Atharva-veda.Pariś. li, 4]

3) [v.s. ...] of a Gaṇeśa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Giriśṛṅga (गिरिशृङ्ग):—[giri-śṛṅga] (ṅgaḥ) 1. m. A peak; Ganesha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Girishringa in German

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Girishringa in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Giriśṛṃga (ಗಿರಿಶೃಂಗ):—[noun] the peak of a mountain.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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