Sahasrashirsha, Sahasraśīrṣa, Sahasra-shirsha: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Sahasraśīrṣa can be transliterated into English as Sahasrasirsa or Sahasrashirsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySahasraśīrṣa (सहस्रशीर्ष).—a. thousandheaded (epithet of Viṣṇu); सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः (sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ) Ṛv.1. 9.1; सहस्रशीर्षापि ततो गरुत्मता (sahasraśīrṣāpi tato garutmatā) Bhāgavata 4.1.1.
Sahasraśīrṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sahasra and śīrṣa (शीर्ष). See also (synonyms): sahasraśiras, sahasraśīrṣan.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySahasraśīrṣa (सहस्रशीर्ष).—[adjective] = [preceding]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumSahasraśīrṣa (सहस्रशीर्ष) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—i. e. Puruṣasūkta. Fl. 9.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sahasraśīrṣa (सहस्रशीर्ष):—[=sahasra-śīrṣa] [from sahasra] mfn. th°-headed, [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka; Upaniṣad]
2) Sahasraśīrṣā (सहस्रशीर्षा):—[=sahasra-śīrṣā] [from sahasra-śīrṣa > sahasra] f. a [particular] Mantra or the Name of the Ṛg-veda hymn x, 90 (usually called the Puruṣa hymn), [Yājñavalkya [Scholiast or Commentator]]; cf. [Religious Thought and Life in India 17.]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSahasraśīrṣa (ಸಹಸ್ರಶೀರ್ಷ):—[noun] an epithet of Viṣṇu.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shirsha, Sahasra.
Starts with: Sahasrashirshan.
Full-text: Sahasrashirshan, Sahasrashiras, Sahasraksha, Brahma, Japin, Dhrik, Purusha.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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Verse 8.12.6 < [Chapter 12 - The Prayer and Armor of Lord Balarāma]
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
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