Narashamsa, Narāśaṃsa: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Narāśaṃsa can be transliterated into English as Narasamsa or Narashamsa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNarāśaṃsa (नराशंस).—
1) A sacrifice.
2) Agni.
Derivable forms: narāśaṃsaḥ (नराशंसः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNarāśaṃsa (नराशंस).—[masculine] [Epithet] of Agni or Pūṣan.
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Nārāśaṃsa (नाराशंस).—[feminine] ī relating to the praise of a man or men, belonging or sacred to Agni Narāśaṃśa; [masculine] a sort of Soma vessels.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Narāśaṃsa (नराशंस):—[from nara] a m. (rāś?) ‘the desire or praise of men (?)’, a mystic. Name of Agni ([especially] in the Āprī hymns, besides or instead of Tanū́-nápāt q.v.), [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa]
2) [=narā-śaṃsa] [from narāśaṃsa > nara] (rarely) of Pūṣan e.g. [Ṛg-veda i, 164, 3; x. 64, 3]
3) [=narā-śaṃsa] b See under nara.
4) Nārāśaṃsa (नाराशंस):—mf(ī)n. ([from] narā-śaṃsa) relating to the praise of a man or men, laudatory, eulogistic (as a hymn, tale etc.), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; Yājñavalkya] etc.
5) relating or sacred to Agni Narā-śáṃsa (applied to the Soma, [Ṛg-veda]; to a Ṛc, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa] etc.)
6) m. Name of [particular] Soma libations, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa] etc.
7) m. [plural] of a class of Pitṛs or Manes, [ib.]
8) n. a tale or legend in honour of liberal men, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) m. (also) a Soma vessel.
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Partial matches: Nara, Shamsa.
Starts with: Narashamsapankti.
Ends with: Anarashamsa, Dvinarashamsa, Sakrinarashamsa, Sanarashamsa, Vinarashamsa.
Full-text: Narashamsapankti, Dvinarashamsa, Sakrinarashamsa, Vinarashamsa, Sanarashamsa, Anarashamsa, Narashamsi, Sudhrishtama, Havishkrit, Apri, Va.
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