Sahasrarcis, Sahasrārcis, Sahasra-arcis: 4 definitions
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Sahasrārcis (सहस्रार्चिस्).—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.
Sahasrārcis is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sahasra and arcis (अर्चिस्). See also (synonyms): sahasrāṃśu, sahasrakara, sahasrakiraṇa, sahasradīdhiti, sahasradhāman, sahasrapāda, sahasramarīci, sahasraraśmi.
Sahasrārcis (सहस्रार्चिस्).—[masculine] = sahasrakara.
1) Sahasrārcis (सहस्रार्चिस्):—[from sahasra] mfn. th°-rayed, [Śivagītā, ascribed to the padma-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. the sun, [Raghuvaṃśa]
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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: Sahasra, Arcis.
Full-text: Sahasrakara, Sahasrakirana, Sahasradidhiti, Sahasradhaman, Sahasramarici, Sahasrarashmi, Sahasramshu, Sahasrapada.
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Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures (seven volumes) (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
1.7. The Episode of Adityahridaya < [Volume 2 - Epics and Puranas]
Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 35 - Śiva-sahasranāma: the thousand names of Śiva < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]