Shanipriya, Śanipriya, Shani-priya: 5 definitions
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Shanipriya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Śanipriya can be transliterated into English as Sanipriya or Shanipriya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Śanipriya (शनिप्रिय).—a sapphire or emerald.
Derivable forms: śanipriyam (शनिप्रियम्).
Śanipriya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śani and priya (प्रिय).
Śanipriya (शनिप्रिय).—n.
(-yaṃ) The emerald or sapphire. E. śani Saturn, priya dear to.
Śanipriya (शनिप्रिय):—[=śani-priya] [from śani > śana] n. ‘dear to S°’, a dark-coloured stone (the emerald or sapphire), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Śanipriya (शनिप्रिय):—[śani-priya] (yaṃ) 1. n. The emerald or sapphire.
Śanipriya (शनिप्रिय):—n. Sapphir (nīlamaṇi [Śabdakalpadruma]) [ŚABDĀRTHAK. im Śabdakalpadruma]
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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