Shakuntaleya, Śākuntaleya: 5 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Śākuntaleya can be transliterated into English as Sakuntaleya or Shakuntaleya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śākuntaleya (शाकुन्तलेय).—A metronymic of Bharata (son of Śakuntalā).

-lam The drama called अभिज्ञान शकुन्तला (abhijñāna śakuntalā) of Kālidāsa.

Derivable forms: śākuntaleyaḥ (शाकुन्तलेयः).

See also (synonyms): śākuntala.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śākuntaleya (शाकुन्तलेय).—m.

(-yaḥ) Bharata, the sovereign of India. E. śakuntalā the nymph, and ḍhak aff; being the son of Sakuntala and Dushyanta.

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

Śākuntaleya (शाकुन्तलेय):—[from śākuntala] m. [metronymic] of Bharata (cf. above), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śākuntaleya (शाकुन्तलेय):—(yaḥ) 1. m. Bhārata, sovereign of India.

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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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