Shemushi, Śemuṣī: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śemuṣī can be transliterated into English as Semusi or Shemushi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚemuṣī (शेमुषी).—
1) Intellect, understanding; स्वशेमुषीविशेषेण वशीकृतमहीतलम् (svaśemuṣīviśeṣeṇa vaśīkṛtamahītalam) Śiva B.5.3.
2) Resolve, purpose, intention.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚemuṣī (शेमुषी).—f. (-ṣī) Understanding, intellect. E. śe derived from śīṅ to sleep, with the aff. vic, implying ignorance or delusion and muṣ to steal, to take away, affs. ka and ṅīṣ; or śam to pacify, (the senses,) kkasu participial aff., fem. form, deriv. irr.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚemuṣī (शेमुषी).— (properly fem. of the ptcple. of the red. pf. of śam) f. Understanding.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚemuṣī (शेमुषी).—[feminine] intelligence, intention, purpose.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śemuṣī (शेमुषी):—f. ([from] [perfect tense] p. of √1. śam) understanding, intellect, wisdom, [Vāsavadattā; Rājataraṅgiṇī]
2) resolve, purpose, intention (ifc. ṣīka), [Rājataraṅgiṇī; Brahma-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚemuṣī (शेमुषी):—(ṣī) 3. f. Understanding.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Śemuṣī (शेमुषी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Semusī, Semuhī.
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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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionarySemusī (सेमुसी) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Śemuṣī.
Semusī has the following synonyms: Semuhī.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚēmuṣi (ಶೇಮುಷಿ):—
1) [noun] understanding; intellect; wisdom.
2) [noun] purpose; intention; resolve.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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