Sahasraka, Sāhasraka: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Sāhasraka (साहस्रक).—A holy place of pilgrimage. This place is situated in Kurukṣetra. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 83, Verse 158, that those who bathe in this place will get the merits of giving thousand cows as gifts.
Sāhasraka (साहस्रक) refers to the name of a Tīrtha (pilgrim’s destination) mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. III.81.137). Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Sāhasraka) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Sahasraka (सहस्रक).—a. Amounting to a thousand.
Sahasraka (सहस्रक).—1. [neuter] = [preceding]; adj. (—° [feminine] srikā) being or amounting to a thousand.
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Sahasraka (सहस्रक).—2. [adjective] thousand-headed.
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Sāhasraka (साहस्रक).—[feminine] srikā containing a thousand; [neuter] a thousand.
1) Sahasraka (सहस्रक):—[=sahasra-ka] [from sahasra] a mfn. (for sahasraka See p.1196) thousand-headed, [Yājñavalkya]
2) [from sahasra] b n. (for sahasra-ka See p. 1195, col. 2) a th°, [Harivaṃśa; Pañcarātra]
3) [v.s. ...] mf(ikā)n. (ifc.) amounting to a thousand, having a thousand, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Pañcarātra]
4) Sāhasraka (साहस्रक):—[from sāhasra] mf(ikā)n. amounting to or containing a thousand, [Catalogue(s)]
5) [v.s. ...] n. the aggregate of a thousand, [Pañcarātra]
6) [v.s. ...] Name of a Tīrtha, [Mahābhārata]
Sahasraka (सहस्रक):—1. (von sahasra)
1) n. Tausend [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 658.] ratnānām [PAÑCAR. 1, 4, 49.] dāsīnām 50. varṣa [Harivaṃśa 531.] nāma [Oxforder Handschriften 99], a, [16. fg.] vielleicht so v. a. nāma: japansahasrakam [PAÑCAR. 3, 9, 9.] —
2) adj. am Ende eines comp. (f. ā): bahuvarṣa viele Tausend Jahre während [Mahābhārata 3, 6057. 13, 1316.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 31, 10.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 2, 4.] putrasahasrikā tausend Söhne habend [Mahābhārata 12, 948.] taṃ japenmantrī divākarasahasrakam etwa die tausend Namen der Sonne enthaltend [Oxforder Handschriften 105,b,30.] mūlamantraṃ japenmantrī nityamaṣṭasahasrakam 27: vgl. stotraṃ sahasranāmākhyaṃ sāṣṭottaram 90, a, [4. 5.] sahasranāmamaṅgalam . aṣṭottaraśatam 89, b, 35. — abdasahasrakī [Mahābhārata 3, 5037] fehlerhaft für sahasrikī, wie die ed. Bomb. liest. — Vgl. sahasrika .
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Sahasraka (सहस्रक):—2. (sahasra + 3. ka) adj. tausendköpfig [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 119.]
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Sāhasraka (साहस्रक):—
1) adj. (f. srikā) tausend zählend: kularatnamālikā so v. a. tausend Śloka enthaltend [Oxforder Handschriften 238], b, 37. catuḥ 56, a, 4. aṣṭā [BURNOUF,] [Intr. 51.] —
2) n. a) ein Tausend: nāmnaḥ [PAÑCAR. 4, 8, 7.] jihvādvisāhasrakaiḥ [Oxforder Handschriften 148], a, [No. 318.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Tīrtha [Mahābhārata 3, 7029.] — Vgl. śata .
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
Sahasraka (ಸಹಸ್ರಕ):—[noun] = ಸಹಸ್ರ [sahasra]2.
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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Starts with: Sahasrakala, Sahasrakalasha, Sahasrakalashabhishekaprayoga, Sahasrakalashasnapamnadi, Sahasrakalashasnapana, Sahasrakalashasnapanadi, Sahasrakamdhararamayana, Sahasrakanda, Sahasrakandhararamayana, Sahasrakara, Sahasrakarapanetra, Sahasrakavaca.
Full-text: Shatasahasraka, Ashtasahasraka, Catuhsahasraka, Varshasahasraka, Suo he za luo, Sahasrika, Putrasahasraka, Dvadashasahasraka, Sahasra, Ba wan, Ba shi qian, Antaratman.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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