Sharopasana, Śaropāsana, Shara-upasana: 2 definitions

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Sharopasana 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 Śaropāsana can be transliterated into English as Saropasana or Sharopasana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

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Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Śaropāsana (शरोपासन) refers to “archery practice”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 14.54.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Sharopasana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śaropāsana (शरोपासन).—archery practice; स्मारी शरोपासनवेदिकेव (smārī śaropāsanavedikeva) N.14.54.

Derivable forms: śaropāsanam (शरोपासनम्).

Śaropāsana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śara and upāsana (उपासन).

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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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