Sasalanchana, Sasalañchana, Shashalanchana, Śaśalāñchana, Shasha-lanchana, Shashalamchana: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śaśalāñchana can be transliterated into English as Sasalanchana or Shashalanchana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shashalanchhana.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarysasalañchana : (nt.) the sign of hare in the moon.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚaśalāñchana (शशलाञ्छन).—
1) the moon; यदि स्यात् पावकः शीतः प्रोष्णो वा शशलाञ्छनः (yadi syāt pāvakaḥ śītaḥ proṣṇo vā śaśalāñchanaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 4.51; Ku. 7.6.
2) camphor.
Derivable forms: śaśalāñchanaḥ (शशलाञ्छनः).
Śaśalāñchana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śaśa and lāñchana (लाञ्छन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚaśalāñchana (शशलाञ्छन).—m.
(-naḥ) 1. The moon. 2. Camphor. E. śaśa, lāñchana mark.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚaśalāñchana (शशलाञ्छन).—m. the moon, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 204.
Śaśalāñchana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śaśa and lāñchana (लाञ्छन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚaśalāñchana (शशलाञ्छन).—[masculine] = [preceding] [masculine]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śaśalāñchana (शशलाञ्छन):—[=śaśa-lāñchana] [from śaśa > śaś] m. idem, [Kāvya literature; Pañcatantra] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] camphor, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚaśalāñchana (शशलाञ्छन):—[śaśa-lāñchana] (naḥ) 1. m. The moon.
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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 corpusŚaśalāṃchana (ಶಶಲಾಂಛನ):—[noun] = ಶಶಿ [shashi].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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