Sahasradhaman, Sahasradhāman, Sahasra-dhaman: 4 definitions

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Sahasradhāman (सहस्रधामन्).—m. the sun; तदण्डमभवद्धैमं सहस्रांशुसमप्रभम् (tadaṇḍamabhavaddhaimaṃ sahasrāṃśusamaprabham) Manusmṛti 1.9; तं चेत् सहस्रकिरणो धुरि नाकरिष्यत् (taṃ cet sahasrakiraṇo dhuri nākariṣyat) Ś.7.4; पुनः सहस्रार्चिषि संनिधत्ते (punaḥ sahasrārciṣi saṃnidhatte) R.13.44; धाम्नाति- शाययति धाम सहस्रधाम्नः (dhāmnāti- śāyayati dhāma sahasradhāmnaḥ) Mu.3.17; सहस्ररश्मेरिव यस्य दर्शनम् (sahasraraśmeriva yasya darśanam) Śiśupālavadha 1.53.

Sahasradhāman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sahasra and dhāman (धामन्). See also (synonyms): sahasrāṃśu, sahasrārcis, sahasrakara, sahasrakiraṇa, sahasradīdhiti, sahasrapāda, sahasramarīci, sahasraraśmi.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sahasradhāman (सहस्रधामन्).—[adjective] having thousandfold might or splendour; [masculine] the sun.

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

1) Sahasradhāman (सहस्रधामन्):—[=sahasra-dhāman] [from sahasra] mfn. (sahasra-) having th°-fold splendour, [Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. the sun, [Mudrārākṣasa]

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

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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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