Shighracetana, Śīghracetana, Shighra-cetana, Śīghracetanā: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śīghracetana and Śīghracetanā can be transliterated into English as Sighracetana or Shighracetana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shighrachetana.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚīghracetana (शीघ्रचेतन).—a dog (being sagacious); बह्वाशी स्वल्पसंतुष्टः सुनिद्रः शीघ्रचेतनः (bahvāśī svalpasaṃtuṣṭaḥ sunidraḥ śīghracetanaḥ) Chāṇakyanīti.
Derivable forms: śīghracetanaḥ (शीघ्रचेतनः).
Śīghracetana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śīghra and cetana (चेतन).
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Śīghracetanā (शीघ्रचेतना).—f. Name of the medicinal herb (atibalā).
Śīghracetanā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śīghra and cetanā (चेतना).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚīghracetana (शीघ्रचेतन).—m.
(-naḥ) A dog. E. śīghra quickly, cetana thinking, knowing.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śīghracetana (शीघ्रचेतन):—[=śīghra-cetana] [from śīghra] mfn. having quick intellect, very sagacious (as a dog), [Cāṇakya]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a dog, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚīghracetana (शीघ्रचेतन):—[śīghra-cetana] (naḥ) 1. m. A dog.
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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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Partial matches: Shighra, Cetana.
Full-text: Prabhubhakta.
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