Shayyagriha, Śayyāgṛha, Shayya-griha: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śayyāgṛha can be transliterated into English as Sayyagrha or Shayyagriha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚayyāgṛha (शय्यागृह).—a bedchamber; अथार्धरात्रे स्तिमितप्रदीपे शय्यागृहे सुप्तजने प्रबुद्धः (athārdharātre stimitapradīpe śayyāgṛhe suptajane prabuddhaḥ) R.16.4.
Derivable forms: śayyāgṛham (शय्यागृहम्).
Śayyāgṛha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śayyā and gṛha (गृह).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚayyāgṛha (शय्यागृह).—[neuter] bed-room.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚayyāgṛha (शय्यागृह):—[=śayyā-gṛha] [from śayyā > śaya] n. ‘sleeping-house’, a bed-chamber, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚayyāgṛha (ಶಯ್ಯಾಗೃಹ):—[noun] = ಶಯನಗೃಹ [shayanagriha].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryŚayyāgṛha (शय्यागृह):—n. a bed-chamber; a bed-room;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Shayya, Griha.
Full-text: Vratashayyagriha, Shayyagrih.
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