Shashtihayana, Ṣaṣṭihāyana, Shashti-hayana: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ṣaṣṭihāyana can be transliterated into English as Sastihayana or Shashtihayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṢaṣṭihāyana (षष्टिहायन).—
1) an elephant (sixty years old).
2) a kind of rice.
Derivable forms: ṣaṣṭihāyanaḥ (षष्टिहायनः).
Ṣaṣṭihāyana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṣaṣṭi and hāyana (हायन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢaṣṭihāyana (षष्टिहायन).—m.
(-naḥ) 1. An elephant sixty years old. 2. A kind of rice. E. ṣaṣṭi, hāyana a year.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢaṣṭihāyana (षष्टिहायन).—I. adj. sixty years old, [Hiḍimbavadha] 4, 23. Ii. m. an elephant.
Ṣaṣṭihāyana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṣaṣṭi and hāyana (हायन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢaṣṭihāyana (षष्टिहायन).—[adjective] the same.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ṣaṣṭihāyana (षष्टिहायन):—[=ṣaṣṭi-hāyana] [from ṣaṣṭi > ṣaṣ] m. a period of 60 years or the 60th year (from birth etc.), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
2) [v.s. ...] mfn. 60 years old (as an elephant), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] m. an elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a kind of grain or corn, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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Partial matches: Shashti, Hayana.
Full-text: Prishtahayana.
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