Rerihana, Rerihāṇa: 7 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryRerihāṇa (रेरिहाण).—
1) Name of Śiva.
2) A thief.
3) A demon.
Derivable forms: rerihāṇaḥ (रेरिहाणः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryRerihāṇa (रेरिहाण).—m.
(-ṇaḥ) 1. A name of Siva. 2. An Asura; an evil spirit. 3. A chief.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Rerihāṇa (रेरिहाण):—[from reriha] mfn. repeatedly licking or caressing, [Ṛg-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Śiva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. lelihāna)
3) [v.s. ...] a thief, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] = ambara, vara or asura, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryRerihāṇa (रेरिहाण):—(ṇaḥ) 1. m. A name of Shiva; an Asur or demon; a thief.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusRērihāṇa (ರೇರಿಹಾಣ):—
1) [noun] Śiva.
2) [noun] a thief.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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