Sahasrani, Sahasra-ni, Sahasraṇī: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySahasraṇī (सहस्रणी).—a leader of thousands (epithet of Brahman); विलक्ष्य दैत्यं भगवान् सहस्रणीः (vilakṣya daityaṃ bhagavān sahasraṇīḥ) Bhāgavata 3.18.21.
Sahasraṇī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sahasra and ṇī (णी).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySahasraṇī (सहस्रणी).—[masculine] chief of a thousand (or thousands).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySahasraṇī (सहस्रणी):—[=sahasra-ṇī] [from sahasra] m. ([from] s + nī) a leader of a th° or th°, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
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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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Starts with: Sahasranika, Sahasranirnij, Sahasranitha, Sahasraniti.
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Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)
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Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas (by Kum. Geeta P. Kurandwad)
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)
Chapter 5.7 - The Brhadvamana-purana (study)
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