The Sanskrit term Śirastrāṇa can be transliterated into English as Sirastrana or Shirastrana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śirastrāṇa (शिरस्त्राण).—n S Head-guard or head-covering; a turban, helmet, hat, cap &c.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śirastrāṇa (शिरस्त्राण).—n Head-guard, or head-cover- ing, a turban.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śirastrāṇa (शिरस्त्राण).—

1) a helmet; च्युतैः शिरस्त्रैश्चषकोत्तरेव (cyutaiḥ śirastraiścaṣakottareva) R.7.49,66; अपनीत- शिरस्त्राणाः (apanīta- śirastrāṇāḥ) 4.64.

2) a head-dress.

Derivable forms: śirastrāṇam (शिरस्त्राणम्).

Śirastrāṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śiras and trāṇa (त्राण). See also (synonyms): śirastra.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śirastrāṇa (शिरस्त्राण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) 1. A helmet. 2. A cap, a turban, &c. E. śiras the head, trāṇa the instrument of defence.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śirastrāṇa (शिरस्त्राण).—[neuter] the same.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śirastrāṇa (शिरस्त्राण):—[=śiras-trāṇa] [from śiras] n. = [preceding] [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Kāvya literature]

2) [v.s. ...] a skull, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śirastrāṇa (शिरस्त्राण):—[śira-strāṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shirastrana in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śirastrāṇa (ಶಿರಸ್ತ್ರಾಣ):—

1) [noun] a protective, metal covering for the head; a helmet.

2) [noun] any covering for the head as hat, cap, headdress, etc.; a headgear.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sira, Trana, Shiras, Cira.

Ends with: Banda-shirastrana.

Full-text: Shirastra, Band-shiristraan, Upagata, Trana, Bhasha.

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