Hastikashirsha, Hastikaśīrṣa: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Hastikaśīrṣa can be transliterated into English as Hastikasirsa or Hastikashirsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: BuddhismHastikaśīrṣa (हस्तिकशीर्ष) refers to one of the five sons of Ikṣvāku Sujāta: an ancient king from the Solar dynasty (sūryavaṃśa) and a descendant of Mahāsaṃmata, according to the Mahāvastu chapter II.32 of the Mahāsaṃghikas (and the Lokottaravāda school). Accordingly, as a Buddhist nun said to Sujāta’s concubine Jentī thus: “[...] your son [viz., Jenta] has no right to his father’s estate, not to speak of that of a king’s. It is those five boys [viz., Hastikaśīrṣa], the sons of a noble woman, who have the right to their father’s kingdom and estate”.
Hastikaśīrṣa is known as Hatthinika in the Mahābuddhavaṃsa or Maha Buddhavamsa (the great chronicle of Buddhas) Anudīpanī chapter 1, compiled by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryHastikaśīrṣa (हस्तिकशीर्ष).—name of a son of King Sujāta Ikṣvāku: Mahāvastu i.348.12; 352.10; corresp. to Pali Hatthinika (with variants; refs. in Malalasekara (Dictionary of Pali Proper Names)); also name of a descendant of his brother Opura, 352.12 (here mss. Hastinika-ś°).
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)
Full-text: Sihahanu, Simhahanu, Hatthinika, Sujata, Jayasena, Okkaka.
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