Tirashcinavamsha, Tiraścīnavaṃśa, Tirashcina-vamsha: 5 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Tiraścīnavaṃśa can be transliterated into English as Tirascinavamsa or Tirashcinavamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Tirashchinavamsha.

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[«previous next»] — Tirashcinavamsha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tiraścīnavaṃśa (तिरश्चीनवंश).—a beehive; आदित्यो देवमधु तस्य द्यौरेव तिरश्चीनवंशोऽन्तरिक्षम् (ādityo devamadhu tasya dyaureva tiraścīnavaṃśo'ntarikṣam) Ch. Up.3.1.1.

Derivable forms: tiraścīnavaṃśaḥ (तिरश्चीनवंशः).

Tiraścīnavaṃśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tiraścīna and vaṃśa (वंश).

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

Tiraścīnavaṃśa (तिरश्चीनवंश).—[masculine] cross-beam.

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

1) Tiraścīnavaṃśa (तिरश्चीनवंश):—[=tiraścīna-vaṃśa] [from tiraścīna > tiraḥ] m. a bee-hive, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad iii, 1, 1.]

2) [v.s. ...] a cross-beam (?), [Chāndogya-upaniṣad iii, 11].

[Sanskrit to German]

Tirashcinavamsha 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.

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