Shatashas, Śataśas: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śataśas can be transliterated into English as Satasas or Shatashas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Śataśas (शतशस्).—ind.
1) By hundreds.
2) A hundred time. शतशः शपे (śataśaḥ śape) Prab.3; Manusmṛti 12.58.
3) A hundred-fold variously, multifariously; पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशो (paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo)> सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 11.5.
Śataśas (शतशस्).—Ind. By hundreds, a hundred-fold. E. śata, and śasi aff.
Śataśas (शतशस्).—[śata + śas], adv. By hundreds, a hundred-fold,
Śataśas (शतशस्).—[adverb] by hundreds or hundredfoldly.
Śataśas (शतशस्):—[=śata-śas] [from śata] ind. by or in h°, a h° times (in connexion with a [nominative case], acc or [instrumental case]; catur-daśa varṣāṇi yāsyanti śataśaḥ, ‘14 years will pass away like a h°’), [Atharva-veda; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata etc.]
Śataśas (शतशस्):—adv. By hundreds.
Śataśas (शतशस्):—
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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Partial matches: Shata.
Starts with: Shatashastra, Shatashastravaipulya, Shatashastrem, Shatashastri.
Full-text: Sat.
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