Sheshas, Śeṣas: 3 definitions
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Sheshas 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 Śeṣas can be transliterated into English as Sesas or Sheshas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Śeṣas (शेषस्).—[neuter] offspring, posterity.
Śeṣas (शेषस्):—[from śeṣa] n. offspring, [Ṛg-veda]
Śeṣas (शेषस्):—(von 3. śiṣ) n. Nachkommenschaft [NIGH. 2, 2.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 3, 2.] [Ṛgveda 1, 93, 4. 5, 12, 6.] mā ta.ūbhiḥ . mā śeṣasā.mā tanasā [70, 4. 6, 27, 4. 5.] svajanmanā.śeṣasā vāvṛdhā.am [7, 1, 12. 4, 7. 10, 16, 5.] — Vgl. a, varuṇa .
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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Starts with: Shesha sharngadhara, Sheshasamgrahanamamala, Sheshasamgrahasaroddhara, Sheshasamhita, Sheshasamuccaya, Sheshasamuccayatika, Sheshasana, Sheshasharbhan, Sheshasharira, Sheshashashthi, Sheshashastri, Sheshashayana, Sheshashayi, Sheshashayin, Sheshasheshibhava, Sheshasheshin, Sheshasheshitva, Sheshastitva, Sheshastotra, Sheshasutra.
Full-text: Asheshas, Varunasheshas, Svajanman.
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Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 994 < [English-Urdu-Hindi (1 volume)]
Kena upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
Mantra 4.2 < [Book 4 - Caturtha-Khaṇḍa]
Elephantology and its Ancient Sanskrit Sources (by Geetha N.)
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.4.142-144 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Glimpses of History of Sanskrit Literature (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
Chapter 13 - Ramayana and Mahabharata—A study in Comparison < [Section 3 - Epics and Puranas]