Shunahpuccha, Shunah-Puccha, Śunaḥpuccha: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śunaḥpuccha can be transliterated into English as Sunahpuccha or Shunahpuccha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shunahpuchchha.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Śunaḥpuccha (शुनःपुच्छ).—The last son of Jamadagni (Satyavatī and Ṛcīka).*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 66. 64; Vāyu-purāṇa 91. 92.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Śunaḥpuccha (शुनःपुच्छ).—[masculine] [Name] of a man.
1) Śunaḥpuccha (शुनःपुच्छ):—[=śunaḥ-puccha] [from śunaḥ > śuna] m. ‘dog-tailed’, Name of one of the three sons of Ṛcīka (or [according to] to [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa] the eldest of the three sons of Ajīgarta), [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Harivaṃśa]
2) [v.s. ...] of the author of a law-book (-smṛti f. his [work])
Śunaḥpuccha (शुनःपुच्छ):—(śunas, gen. von śvan + puccha) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.6, 3, 21, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 5.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 7, 15.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 15, 20, 1.] [Harivaṃśa 1457. 9574.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1403.] [Oxforder Handschriften 271] , a, [4. 356], a, [32.] — Vgl. śunaḥśepa und śunolāṅgūla .
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Shunah, Puccha.
Starts with (+0): Shunahpucchasmriti.
Full-text (+0): Shunahpucchasmriti, Shunolangula, Cunappuccan, Shunahshepa, Sarala.
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