Shayavati, Śayavatī: 1 definition
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Shayavati 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 Śayavatī can be transliterated into English as Sayavati or Shayavati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŚayavatī (शयवती).—[, in Lalitavistara 221.5 °tī osvāpitā devataiḥ, would if correct have to be fem. to a *śayavant, in bed, sc. strī from prec. strīsaṃghaḥ śayitas. But Tibetan grags ldan, famous, which indicates that the true reading was yaśa- vatī, which Calcutta (see LV.) reads; see this.]
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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Ends with: Atishayavati.
Full-text: Yasavati.
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