Shishirakara, Śiśirakara, Shishira-kara: 5 definitions

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Shishirakara 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 Śiśirakara can be transliterated into English as Sisirakara or Shishirakara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shishirakara in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śiśirakara (शिशिरकर).—the moon; बुध इव शिशिरांशोः (budha iva śiśirāṃśoḥ) V.5.21; शिशिरकिरणकान्तं वासरान्तेऽभिसार्य (śiśirakiraṇakāntaṃ vāsarānte'bhisārya) Śiśupālavadha 11.21; शिशिरदीधितिना रजन्यः (śiśiradīdhitinā rajanyaḥ) Ṛtusaṃhāra 3.2.

Derivable forms: śiśirakaraḥ (शिशिरकरः).

Śiśirakara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śiśira and kara (कर). See also (synonyms): śiśirāṃśu, śiśirakiraṇa, śiśiradīdhiti, śiśiraraśmi.

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

Śiśirakara (शिशिरकर).—[masculine] the moon (having cold rays).

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

Śiśirakara (शिशिरकर):—[=śiśira-kara] [from śiśira] m. ‘cool-rayed’, the moon, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shishirakara in German

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shishirakara in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śiśirakara (ಶಿಶಿರಕರ):—

1) [noun] the moon-light.

2) [noun] the moon.

context information

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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