Saptashivisha, Saptāśīviṣa: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Saptāśīviṣa can be transliterated into English as Saptasivisa or Saptashivisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySaptāśīviṣa (सप्ताशीविष).—(°-), usually in composition with (1) -parvata, m. pl., name of certain mountains: Divyāvadāna 107.20—21; °viṣam (not in composition; masc., hence mountain) atikramya 107.26; °parvatā (understand pause here? or adj. with nadī ?) nadī (sc. Saptāśīviṣanadī ?) bhavati paścimā 103.3 (in a list of mountains and rivers, commingled); (2) -nadī, f. pl., °nadyas, name of rivers: Divyāvadāna 107.22, and compare 103.3 above. See Āṣīviṣā and °viṣa-nadī, which suggest doubt whether sapta- is part of the name (having seven venomous snakes), or a separate numeral, giving the number of Āśīviṣa- mountains and rivers. But 107.26 above, if not corrupt, supports the former interpretation, being singular.
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