The Sanskrit term Śivira can be transliterated into English as Sivira or Shivira, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shivir.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śivira (शिविर).—

1) A camp; विद्रुते शिबिरे शून्ये (vidrute śibire śūnye) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 9.3. 3.4; धृष्टद्युम्नः स्वशिबिरमयं याति सर्वे सहध्वम् (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ svaśibiramayaṃ yāti sarve sahadhvam) Ve.3.18; Śi. 5.68.

2) A royal camp or residence.

3) An intrenchment for the protection of an army.

4) A kind of grain.

Derivable forms: śiviram (शिविरम्).

See also (synonyms): śibira.

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Śivira (शिविर).—See शिबिका, शिबिर (śibikā, śibira); शिविरं परिखायुक्तमुच्चैः प्राकारवेष्टितम् (śiviraṃ parikhāyuktamuccaiḥ prākāraveṣṭitam) Brav. P.

See also (synonyms): śivikā.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śivira (शिविर).—n.

(-raṃ) 1. A camp. 2. A royal camp or residence. 3. A guard or defence for the soldiers. 4. A sort of grain. E. śī to sleep or rest, kirak Unadi aff. and vuk augment.

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

Śivira (शिविर).—I. m. The name of a tribe(?), [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 176. Ii. n. 1. A camp. 2. A royal camp or residence. 3. A guard or defence for the soldiers. 4. A sort of grain.

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

Śivira (शिविर).—v. śibi etc.

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

Śivira (शिविर):—etc. See śibira, p.1072.

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

Śivira (शिविर):—(raḥ) m. A camp; a guard; sort of grain.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Śivira (शिविर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sivira.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shivira in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Śivira (शिविर) [Also spelled shivir]:—(nm) a camp, tent.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Sivira (सिविर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Śivira.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śivira (ಶಿವಿರ):—

1) [noun] a place where tents, huts, barracks or other structures have been put up, as for temporary stay of soldiers; a camp.

2) [noun] a temporary, portable shelter in the camp; a tent.

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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: Shiviragriha, Shiviratha.

Ends with: Netra-shivira, Shailashivira, Sharanarthi-shivira, Svasthya-shivira.

Full-text: Shailashivira, Shivika, Shibira, Svasthya-shivira, Sharnaarthi-shivi, Shivir, Prashikshan, Prashikshana, Pataka.

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