Sahasraparna, Sahasraparṇa: 3 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySahasraparṇa (सहस्रपर्ण).—[feminine] ī having a thousand leaves or feathers.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sahasraparṇa (सहस्रपर्ण):—[=sahasra-parṇa] [from sahasra] mf(ī). (sa-hasra.) th°-feathered (said of an arrow), [Ṛg-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] th°-leafed, [Atharva-veda]
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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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Partial matches: Parna, Sahasra.
Full-text: Sahasraparni, Darbha.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 8.77.7 < [Sukta 77]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
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Vanaspati (Plants) used in Veda < [Chapter 2 - The nature of treatment for diseases in the Ancient era]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
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