Sahashri, Sahaśrī: 6 definitions
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Sahashri 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.
The Sanskrit term Sahaśrī can be transliterated into English as Sahasri or Sahashri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexSahaśrī (सहश्री).—A queen of Hemanta ṛtu.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 32. 37.
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySahasrī (सहस्री).—(Pali sahassī, cited by Senart Mahāvastu i note 373, seems to be cited only with, or sc., lokadhātu or puthavī, see Childers, and app. is not used like our word; compare sāhasrī), a thousand, perhaps rather a group of 1000: sattva-sahasriyo (acc. pl.) Mahāvastu i.5.13 (here mss. all om. sattva); 6.4 (four mss. °sāh°), 7 (only 1 ms. °sāh°); anekāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasriyo samāgatāni (! acc. pl.) 310.1; jana-°riyo (n. pl.) ii.74.11; prāṇa-°riyo (n. pl.) 98.17; brāhmaṇa-°riyo (n. pl.) 103.11; devakoṭi-°riyo (n. pl.) 160.9. All prose.
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Sāhasrī (साहस्री).—(= AMg. sāhassī; compare sahasrī), (a group of) one thousand: in Mahāvastu i.148.17 (verse) five of six mss. read viṃśa sahasriyo teṣāṃ, but meter seems to favor, with Senart, viṃśat sāh°. In some citations under sahasrī, in prose, some mss. read sāh°. Cf. tri-sāhasrī, but this seems to be adjectival (sc. lokadhātu).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySāhasri (साहस्रि):—[from sāhasra] m. ([probably]) a [patronymic] [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Sāhasrī (साहस्री) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sāhassī.
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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 corpusSahasri (ಸಹಸ್ರಿ):—
1) [noun] that which has one thousand (things, persons, etc.).
2) [noun] a gathering of one thousand people.
3) [noun] the commander of a batallion of one thousand soldiers.
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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Full-text: Upadeshasahasri, Shatsahasri, Sakalavedopanishatsaropadeshasahasri, Hemantaritu, Sahassi, Upadesha Sahasri, Pancashatsahasrimahakalasamhita, Pancasahasri, Upasthanasahasri, Bahusahasri, Gosahasri, Shatin, Trisahasri, Sahasrin, Sri Rama Tirtha, Laksha.
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