The Sanskrit term Hiraṇyakeśa can be transliterated into English as Hiranyakesa or Hiranyakesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Hiraṇyakeśa (हिरण्यकेश).—[feminine] ī golden-haired or -maned.

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

1) Hiraṇyakeśa (हिरण्यकेश):—[=hiraṇya-keśa] [from hiraṇya > hiraṇa] mf(ī)n. (hiraṇya-) gold-haired, g° maned, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Viṣṇu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] [plural] a [particular] school, [Indische Studien by A. Weber]

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

Hiraṇyakeśa (हिरण्यकेश):—[hiraṇya-keśa] (śaḥ-śā-śaṃ) a. Having golden tresses.

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Hiranyakesha in German

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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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Partial matches: Kesa, Hiranya.

Full-text: Hiranyakeshin.

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