Shatajihva, Śatajihva, Shata-jihva: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śatajihva can be transliterated into English as Satajihva or Shatajihva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Śatajihva (शतजिह्व) refers to the “hundred-tongued deity” and is used to describe Śiva, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.12 (“The story of Śiva and Pārvatī”).—Accordingly, as the Gods eulogized Śiva: “[...] Obeisance to the lord free from attachment; obeisance to Śiva the great soul. Obeisance to the pure beyond the world of matter, obeisance to the great, the unwasting. Obeisance to you the god of death holding the staff of punishment and noose in the hand. Obeisance to the chief of the deities invoked by Vedic mantras. Obeisance to you the hundred-tongued deity (śatajihva). [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Śatajihva (शतजिह्व).—an epithet of Śiva.
Derivable forms: śatajihvaḥ (शतजिह्वः).
Śatajihva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śata and jihva (जिह्व).
Śatajihva (शतजिह्व):—[=śata-jihva] [from śata] mfn. h°-tongued (Śiva), [Mahābhārata]
Śatajihva (शतजिह्व):—adj. hundertzüngig: Śiva [Mahābhārata 12, 10351.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Jihva, Shata.
Full-text: Jihvashata.
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Saura-purana (analytical study) (by Priyanku Chakraborty)
Part 6.2.2 - Names of the Gaṇas and Gaṇapatis < [Chapter 2 - A Brief Discourse on the Saura-purāṇa]
Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)
5. Epithets of Rudra-Śiva tracked in the Upaniṣadic literature < [Chapter 6b - Epithets (References)]
Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)