The Sanskrit term Śaiśirāyaṇa can be transliterated into English as Saisirayana or Shaishirayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Śaiśirāyaṇa (शैशिरायण).—A Mahaṛṣi. The famous Kālayavana was his son, born to him by his wife Gopālī. Śaiśirāyaṇa was the priest of King Trigarta. Once the king ordered the sage to have sexual union with his wife Vṛkādevī to test his virility. (Harivaṃśa, 1; 35; 12).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śaiśirāyaṇa (शैशिरायण):—[from śaiśira] m. [patronymic] [from] śiśira, [Harivaṃśa] ([varia lectio] śiśirāyaṇa).

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Shaishirayana in German

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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.

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Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)

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