Shishuka, Śiśuka, Śisuka, Shisuka: 10 definitions
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Shishuka 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 terms Śiśuka and Śisuka can be transliterated into English as Sisuka or Shishuka or Shisuka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) Śiśuka (शिशुक).—The Āndhra king who vanquished Śuśarmā, the Kaṇva: ruled for 23 years.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 273. 2.
2) Śisuka (शिसुक).—A grandson of Nandiyaśa, ruled in Purīkā.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 370.
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and SubjectsŚiśuka (शिशुक) in the Atharvaveda seems to be an adjective meaning “young”, but according to Bloomfield it has the sense of “foal”. The commentator, Sāyaṇa, reads Śuśuka, which he explains as a “wild animal so called”. Cf. Āśuṃgā [?].
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚiśuka (शिशुक).—
1) A child, an infant; कोऽप्येष वीरशिशुकाकृतिरप्रमेयसामर्थ्यसारसमुदायमयः पदार्थः (ko'pyeṣa vīraśiśukākṛtiraprameyasāmarthyasārasamudāyamayaḥ padārthaḥ) Mv.2.39.
2) The young of any animal.
3) A tree.
4) A porpoise.
5) A fish resembling a porpoise.
Derivable forms: śiśukaḥ (शिशुकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚiśuka (शिशुक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A porpoise. 2. Another fish, resembling a porpoise. 3. A child, a young animal. 4. A tree. E. kan added to the last.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚiśuka (शिशुक).—[śiśu + ka], m. 1. A child, Pañc ii. [distich] 200. 2. A porpoise.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚiśuka (शिशुक).—[masculine] young, child.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śiśuka (शिशुक):—[from śiśu] m. a child, young, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of aquatic animal ([according to] to [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] a porpoise or Delphinus Gangeticus), [Mahābhārata]
3) [v.s. ...] a kind of tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a king, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚiśuka (शिशुक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A porpoise; a child; a tree.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusŚiśuka (ಶಿಶುಕ):—[noun] the porpoise Delphinus gangeticus, an aquatic animal.
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)
Starts with: Shishukala, Shishukarna.
Full-text: Chismaka, Samshishvan.
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