Hayashirshapancaratra, Hayaśīrṣapañcarātra: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Hayaśīrṣapañcarātra can be transliterated into English as Hayasirsapancaratra or Hayashirshapancaratra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Hayashirshapancharatra.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Hayaśīrṣapañcarātra (हयशीर्षपञ्चरात्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a vaiṣṇava work, chiefly concerned with the erection of images of gods and their consecration. Paris. (B 10). L. 2034. K. 56. Quoted by Raghunandana and Kamalākara, by Halāyudha in Purāṇasarvasva Oxf. 87^b.
2) Hayaśīrṣapañcarātra (हयशीर्षपञ्चरात्र):—Io. 896.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHayaśīrṣapañcarātra (हयशीर्षपञ्चरात्र):—[=haya-śīrṣa-pañca-rātra] [from haya-śīrṣa > haya] n. Name of a Vaiṣṇava [work] (chiefly treating of the erection of images and their consecration).
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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