Shahanushahi, Ṣāhānuṣāhi: 3 definitions
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Shahanushahi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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 Ṣāhānuṣāhi can be transliterated into English as Sahanusahi or Shahanushahi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
India history and geography
Ṣāhānuṣāhi (षाहानुषाहि) is the name of a tribe mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. These tribes (e.g., the Ṣāhānuṣāhis, latin: Shahanushahis) migrated to places other than their original settlemenets and gave their names to the janapadas they settled. They replaced the old Vedic tribes in Punjab and Rajasthan though some of them are deemed as offshoots of the main tribe..
Sāhānuṣāhi.—(IE 8-2; EI 19, 22, 30), title of the Kuṣāṇa kings, derived from Old Persian Kshāyathiyānām Kshāyathiya; same as modern Persian Shāhān Shāh. Note: sāhānuṣāhi is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Sāhānusāhi (साहानुसाहि):—m. Name of a king, [Pañcadaṇḍacchattra-prabandha]
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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Full-text: Khshayathiya-Khshayathiyanam, Huna, Sahi.
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Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. Gode)
21. The Leaf of the Kharanada-Nyasa Newly Discovered at Gilgit < [Volume 1 (1945)]
Expansion of the Gupta Empire < [May-June, 1929]
Pali and the language of the heretics < [Volume 37 (1976)]