Shashadhara, Śaśadhara, Shasha-dhara: 12 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Śaśadhara can be transliterated into English as Sasadhara or Shashadhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Śaśadhara (शशधर) represents the number 1 (one) in the “word-numeral system” (bhūtasaṃkhyā), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—A system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 1—śaśadhara] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the Śāstras, connote numbers.

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Ganitashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, gaṇitaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shashadhara in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śaśadhara (शशधर).—m S śaśāṅka m S śaśī m (S) (That has a hare, either as an emblem on his banners, or, fancifully, on his face:--the spots on the moon's disk being fancied to bear the figure of a hare.) Poetical names for the moon. The last word is common.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śaśadhara (शशधर).—m The moon.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Śaśadhara (शशधर).—

1) the moon; उत्पातधूमलेखाक्रान्तेव कला शशधरस्य (utpātadhūmalekhākrānteva kalā śaśadharasya) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9.49; प्रसरति शशधर- बिम्बे (prasarati śaśadhara- bimbe) Gītagovinda 7.

2) camphor. °मौलिः (mauliḥ) an epithet of Śiva.

Derivable forms: śaśadharaḥ (शशधरः).

Śaśadhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śaśa and dhara (धर).

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

Śaśadhara (शशधर).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. The moon. 2. Camphor. E. śaśa a hare, and dhara having; either as an emblem on his banners, or fancifully, as the spots on the moon’s face.

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

Śaśadhara (शशधर).—[śaśa-dhara], śaśabhṛt śaśa -bhṛ + t, śaśāṅka śaśāṅka, i. e. śaśa -aṅka, and śaśin śaśin, i. e. śaśa + in, m. The moon, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 1, 40 (dhara); [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 107 (śaśāṅka); [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 8 (śaśin); 109 (śaśin); see śaśa.

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

Śaśadhara (शशधर).—[masculine] the moon (hare-holder).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Śaśadhara (शशधर) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Kiraṇāvalī alaṃk.

2) Śaśadhara (शशधर):—grandson of Rudrasiṃha: Rāghavapāṇḍavīyaṭīkā.

3) Śaśadhara (शशधर):—correctly śaśidhara wrote by order of king Amarasiṃha: Rāghavapāṇḍavīyaprakāśa. Edited in Kāvyamālā 1896, where, for some unknown reason, the introductory verses are omitted.

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

1) Śaśadhara (शशधर):—[=śaśa-dhara] [from śaśa > śaś] a m. ‘bearer of hare-marks’, the moon, [Kāvya literature]

2) [v.s. ...] camphor, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of various authors, [Catalogue(s)]

4) [=śaśa-dhara] [from śaśa > śaś] b m. (with vāra) Monday, [Inscriptions]

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

Śaśadhara (शशधर):—[śaśa-dhara] (raḥ) 1. m. The moon.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shashadhara 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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shashadhara in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śaśadhara (ಶಶಧರ):—[noun] = ಶಶಿ [shashi].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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