Purushashirshaka, Puruṣaśīrṣaka, Purusha-shirshaka: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Puruṣaśīrṣaka can be transliterated into English as Purusasirsaka or Purushashirshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPuruṣaśīrṣaka (पुरुषशीर्षक).—A kind of weapon used by burglars (a sham head to be inserted into the hole made in a wall); Daśakumāracarita 2.2.
Derivable forms: puruṣaśīrṣakaḥ (पुरुषशीर्षकः).
Puruṣaśīrṣaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puruṣa and śīrṣaka (शीर्षक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuruṣaśīrṣaka (पुरुषशीर्षक).—[puruṣa-śīrṣa + ka] (m. n.?), The name of a thief’s instrument, [Daśakumāracarita] 71, 1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuruṣaśīrṣaka (पुरुषशीर्षक):—[=puruṣa-śīrṣaka] [from puruṣa-śīrṣa > puruṣa] m. or n. Name of an instrument used by thieves, [Daśakumāra-carita]
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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: Purusha, Shirshaka.
Full-text: Pratipurusha.
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