Sadasaspati: 4 definitions
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Sadasaspati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Sadasaspati (सदसस्पति).—One of the 11 Rudras.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 66. 69.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Sadasaspati (सदसस्पति).—The president of an assembly; सदसस्पतयोऽप्येके असन्तोषात् पतन्त्यधः (sadasaspatayo'pyeke asantoṣāt patantyadhaḥ) Bhāgavata 7.15.21;1.74.17.
Derivable forms: sadasaspatiḥ (सदसस्पतिः).
Sadasaspati (सदसस्पति).—[masculine] lord of the seat i.e. of the assembly (met for a sacred purpose).
Sadasaspati (सदसस्पति):—(sa gen. von sadas + pa) m. Herr des Sitzes d. h. des heiligen Ortes und der dort Versammelten [Ṛgveda 1, 18, 6.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 6, 8, 1. 3, 2, 4, 4.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 5, 3, 22.] [GṚHY. 3, 5, 4.] [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 10.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 392. 398.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 2, 7. 13, 30. fg. 7, 15, 21. 10, 74, 17.] satām das Haupt einer Versammlung Guter [5, 15, 7] (sadasaḥ patiḥ satām ed. Bomb.). — Vgl. sadaspati .
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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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)
42. Number of Rudra < [Chapter 5 - Rudra-Śiva in the Purāṇic Literature]
Brihaddevata attributed to Shaunaka (by Arthur Anthony Macdonell)
Part 14-15 - Deities of Rig-veda I.18; Eight names of Prajapati < [Chapter 3 - Deities of Rigveda I.13-126]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Paraskara-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Khadira-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)