Simhakeshara, Siṃhakēśara, Siṃhakeśara, Simha-keshara, Siṃhakesara: 7 definitions
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Simhakeshara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 terms Siṃhakēśara and Siṃhakeśara can be transliterated into English as Simhakesara or Simhakeshara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysiṃhakēśara (सिंहकेशर).—m S A lion's mane. 2 A plant, Mimusops Elengi.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsiṃhakēśara (सिंहकेशर).—m A lion's mane.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySiṃhakeśara (सिंहकेशर).—
1) the Bakula tree.
2) a lion's mane.
3) a kind of sweet-meat.
Derivable forms: siṃhakeśaraḥ (सिंहकेशरः).
Siṃhakeśara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms siṃha and keśara (केशर). See also (synonyms): siṃhakesara.
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Siṃhakesara (सिंहकेसर).—
1) the Bakula tree.
2) a lion's mane.
3) a kind of sweet-meat.
Derivable forms: siṃhakesaraḥ (सिंहकेसरः).
Siṃhakesara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms siṃha and kesara (केसर). See also (synonyms): siṃhakeśara.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySiṃhakeśara (सिंहकेशर).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. A lion’s mane. 2. The Bakula tree, (Mimusops elengi.) E. siṃha a lion, keśara a mane, &c.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Siṃhakesara (सिंहकेसर):—[=siṃha-kesara] [from siṃha] m. (less correctly -keś) a lion’s mane, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] Mimusops Elengi, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a kind of sweetmeat, [Śīlāṅka]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySiṃhakeśara (सिंहकेशर):—[siṃha-keśara] (raḥ) 1. m. A plant, Mimusops elengi; lion’s mane.
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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: Kesara, Simha.
Full-text: Shata.
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