Shashivamsha, Śaśivaṃśa: 4 definitions
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Shashivamsha 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 Śaśivaṃśa can be transliterated into English as Sasivamsa or Shashivamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumŚaśivaṃśa (शशिवंश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a poem, by Kṣemendra. Quoted in Kavikaṇṭhābharaṇa 5, 1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śaśivaṃśa (शशिवंश):—[=śaśi-vaṃśa] [from śaśi > śaś] m. the lunar race (-ja mfn. sprung from the lunar race), [Harivaṃśa; Kāvya literature]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of [work]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚaśivaṃśa (ಶಶಿವಂಶ):—[noun] the lineage ascribed to the Moon-God, which Křṣṇa belonged to.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vamsha, Shashi, Caci.
Starts with: Shashivamshaja, Shashivamshamahakavya.
Full-text: Shashivamshaja, Shashamkavamsha, Shashikula, Shashivamshamahakavya, Kshemendra.
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