Shirodharya, Śirodhārya: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śirodhārya can be transliterated into English as Sirodharya or Shirodharya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shirodhary.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚirodhārya (शिरोधार्य).—[adjective] to be borne on the head i.e. to be honoured or respected.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚirodhārya (शिरोधार्य):—[=śiro-dhārya] [from śiro > śiras] mfn. = -dharaṇīya, [Bhāminī-vilāsa]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryŚirodhārya (शिरोधार्य) [Also spelled shirodhary]:—(a) worthy of respect or to be respected, to be greatly honoured.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚirōdhārya (ಶಿರೋಧಾರ್ಯ):—
1) [adjective] fit to be worn on the head (as an ornament).
2) [adjective] that which is fit to be adhered to, followed, carried on obidiently (said of an order, command, etc.).
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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Partial matches: Dharya, Shiras.
Full-text: Shirodhary.
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