Sahasrashravana, Sahasraśravaṇa, Sahasra-shravana: 2 definitions
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Sahasrashravana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Sahasraśravaṇa can be transliterated into English as Sahasrasravana or Sahasrashravana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySahasraśravaṇa (सहस्रश्रवण).—an epithet of Viṣṇu.
Derivable forms: sahasraśravaṇaḥ (सहस्रश्रवणः).
Sahasraśravaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sahasra and śravaṇa (श्रवण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySahasraśravaṇa (सहस्रश्रवण):—[=sahasra-śravaṇa] [from sahasra] m. ‘th°-eared’, Name of Viṣṇu, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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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