Shiradhvaja, Sira-dhvaja, Śīradhvaja, Sīradhvaja, Siradhvaja: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śīradhvaja can be transliterated into English as Siradhvaja or Shiradhvaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata PuranaŚīradhvaja (शीरध्वज):—Son of Hrasvaromā (son of Svarṇaromā). He was allso called Janaka. He had a son named Kuśadhvaja. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.13.18-19)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaSīradhvaja (सीरध्वज).—Janaka the father of Sītā. (For further details see under Janaka).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexSīradhvaja (सीरध्वज).—A son of Hrasvaroman; when he was ploughing the earth for an yajña, he discovered Sītā, and hence her name. Father of Kuśadhvaja; (his brother, Kuśadhvaja and son Bhānumat, Viṣṇu-purāṇa).*
- * Bhā IX. 13. 18-19; Vāyu-purāṇa 89. 15-17; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 5. 27-30.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySīradhvaja (सीरध्वज).—an epithet of Janaka.
Derivable forms: sīradhvajaḥ (सीरध्वजः).
Sīradhvaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sīra and dhvaja (ध्वज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySīradhvaja (सीरध्वज).—m.
(-jaḥ) An epithet of Janaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySīradhvaja (सीरध्वज).—m. Janaka, [Mahāvīracharita, (ed. Trithen.)] 5, 9.
Sīradhvaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sīra and dhvaja (ध्वज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sīradhvaja (सीरध्वज):—[=sīra-dhvaja] [from sīra] m. ‘plough-bannered’, Name of Janaka, [Bālarāmāyaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] of Balarāma, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] of a son of Hrasva-roman, [ib.]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dhvaja, Sira, Cira.
Full-text: Kushadhvaja, Janaka, Bhanumat, Hrasvaroma, Dharmadhvaja, Hrasvaroman, Kurujit, Agnisambhava, Sita.
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