Samshyana, Saṃśyāna: 4 definitions
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Samshyana 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 Saṃśyāna can be transliterated into English as Samsyana or Samshyana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySaṃśyāna (संश्यान).—p. p.
1) Contracted, shrunk up.
2) Frozen, congealed.
3) Rolled up.
4) Collapsed.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃśyāna (संश्यान).—mfn.
(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Contracted, rolled up, gathered up, shrunk, frozen, collapsed. E. sam together, śyai to go, aff. kta .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Saṃśyāna (संश्यान):—[=saṃ-śyāna] [from saṃ-śyai] mfn. idem
2) [v.s. ...] contracted, shrunk or rolled up together, collapsed, [Kāśikā-vṛtti on Pāṇini 6-1, 24.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃśyāna (संश्यान):—[saṃ-śyāna] (naḥ-nā-naṃ) a. Contracted, shrunk.
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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Ends with: Abhisamshyana.
Full-text: Abhisamshyana, Abhisamshina.
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