Shmashanashula, Śmaśānaśūla, Shmashana-shula: 2 definitions
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Shmashanashula 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 Śmaśānaśūla can be transliterated into English as Smasanasula or Shmashanashula, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚmaśānaśūla (श्मशानशूल).—an impaling stake in a cemetery; श्मशानशूलस्य न यूपसत्क्रया (śmaśānaśūlasya na yūpasatkrayā) Kumārasambhava 5.73.
Derivable forms: śmaśānaśūlaḥ (श्मशानशूलः), śmaśānaśūlam (श्मशानशूलम्).
Śmaśānaśūla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śmaśāna and śūla (शूल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚmaśānaśūla (श्मशानशूल):—[=śmaśāna-śūla] [from śmaśāna > śman] m. n. a stake used for impaling criminals in a b°-gr°, [Kumāra-sambhava]
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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