Parshupani, Parśupāṇi, Parshu-pani: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Parśupāṇi can be transliterated into English as Parsupani or Parshupani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parśupāṇi (पर्शुपाणि).—

1) an epithet of Gaṇeśa.

2) of Paraśurāma; also पर्शुराम (parśurāma).

Derivable forms: parśupāṇiḥ (पर्शुपाणिः).

Parśupāṇi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms parśu and pāṇi (पाणि).

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

Parśupāṇi (पर्शुपाणि).—m.

(-ṇiḥ) A name of Ganesa. E. paśu an axe, and pāṇi the hand, holding an axe, in one hand.

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

1) Parśupāṇi (पर्शुपाणि):—[=parśu-pāṇi] [from parśu] m. ‘axe in hand’, Name of Gaṇeśa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] = next, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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

Parśupāṇi (पर्शुपाणि):—[parśu-pāṇi] (ṇiḥ) 2. m. Ganesha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Parshupani 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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