Shavashayana, Śavaśayana, Shava-shayana, Shavasayana: 4 definitions

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Shavashayana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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 Śavaśayana can be transliterated into English as Savasayana or Shavashayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)

Śavaśayana (शवशयन) refers to “coffins” which were commonly depicted on the Saṃsāracakra paintings (representing scenes of human life) in ancient India, as mentioned in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Page 185.21 f.: Here follows a description of a printed scroll illustrating the Jaina conception of saṃsāracakra. [...] The saṃsāra-cakra illustrated the three worlds of hell, human world and the world of gods. [For example:] Coffins (śavaśayana) being borne by their relatives and the body being cremated on the funeral pyres of wood and grass; bemoaning relatives seated round and setting fire to it.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śavaśayana (शवशयन).—a cemetery, cremation ground.

Derivable forms: śavaśayanam (शवशयनम्).

Śavaśayana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śava and śayana (शयन).

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

1) Śavaśayana (शवशयन):—[=śava-śayana] [from śava] n. place (prepared) for (the cremation of) corpses, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] ([according to] to [Scholiast or Commentator] also ‘a lotus-flower’).

2) Śāvasāyana (शावसायन):—m. [patronymic] [from] śavas, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Shavashayana 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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