Shivarajadhani, Śivarājadhānī, Shiva-rajadhani: 3 definitions

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Shivarajadhani 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 Śivarājadhānī can be transliterated into English as Sivarajadhani or Shivarajadhani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Śivarājadhānī (शिवराजधानी).—Name of Benares,

Śivarājadhānī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śiva and rājadhānī (राजधानी).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śivarājadhānī (शिवराजधानी):—[=śiva-rāja-dhānī] [from śiva-rāja > śiva] f. ‘Śiva’s capital’, Name of the city Kāśī or Benares, [Catalogue(s)]

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

Śivarājadhānī (शिवराजधानी):—f. Śiva’s Residenz, Bez. der Stadt Kāśī [Oxforder Handschriften 172], b, [20. fg. 261], b, [6.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

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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.

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