Shishyaya, Śiṣyāya: 1 definition
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Shishyaya 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 Śiṣyāya can be transliterated into English as Sisyaya or Shishyaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚiṣyāya (शिष्याय):—[from śiṣ] [Nominal verb] ([from] śiṣya, only [past participle] yāyita n. [impersonal or used impersonally]) to become the pupil of ([genitive case]), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
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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Starts with: Shishyayate, Shishyayati.
Full-text: Capetika, Khandikopadhyaya, Capeta, Prastava, Brihat.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Special Dharmasastric maxims in the Narada Purana < [Purana, Volume 9, Part 1 (1967)]
Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)
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Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)