The Sanskrit term Sahasraśīrṣan can be transliterated into English as Sahasrasirsan or Sahasrashirshan, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sahasraśīrṣan (सहस्रशीर्षन्).—a. thousandheaded (epithet of Viṣṇu); सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः (sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ) Ṛv.1. 9.1; सहस्रशीर्षापि ततो गरुत्मता (sahasraśīrṣāpi tato garutmatā) Bhāgavata 4.1.1.

Sahasraśīrṣan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sahasra and śīrṣan (शीर्षन्). See also (synonyms): sahasraśiras, sahasraśīrṣa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sahasraśīrṣan (सहस्रशीर्षन्).—[adjective] = [preceding]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sahasraśīrṣan (सहस्रशीर्षन्):—[=sahasra-śīrṣan] [from sahasra] (sahasra-) mfn. th°-headed, [Ṛg-veda; ṢaḍvBr. etc.]

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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: Shirshan, Sahasra.

Full-text: Sahasrashiras, Sahasrashirsha.

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