The Sanskrit term Śrīvardhana can be transliterated into English as Srivardhana or Shrivardhana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śrīvardhana (श्रीवर्धन).—an epithet of Śiva.

Derivable forms: śrīvardhanaḥ (श्रीवर्धनः).

Śrīvardhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śrī and vardhana (वर्धन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Śrīvardhana (श्रीवर्धन).—(1) name of a nāga king: Mahā-Māyūrī 246.21; (2) name of an officer in charge of elephants for King Prase- najit: Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.66.15 ff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Śrīvardhana (श्रीवर्धन) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—father of Harshavardhana (Liṅgānuśāsana). Report. Cxxxix.

2) Śrīvardhana (श्रीवर्धन):—poet. [Subhāshitāvali by Vallabhadeva]

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

1) Śrīvardhana (श्रीवर्धन):—[=śrī-vardhana] [from śrī] m. ‘increase or increaser of fortune’, a kind of musical composition, [Saṃgīta-sārasaṃgraha]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of Śiva, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

3) [v.s. ...] of a man, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

4) [v.s. ...] of a poet, [Catalogue(s)]

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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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Partial matches: Shri, Vardhana.

Full-text: Harshavardhana, Tipaka, Voritali, Katila, Padmaladevi, Kalaija, Valasivagara, Divakara, Narayanaiya, Thakuraiya, Vavapaiya, Narayana Pandita, Nagavarman, Saudapaiya, Govinda, Velasivagara.

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