Ushiraka, Uśīraka, Uṣīraka: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Uśīraka and Uṣīraka can be transliterated into English as Usiraka or Ushiraka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
India history and geography
Uśīraka (उशीरक) is the name of a mountain mentioned in the Nīlmatapurāṇa.—Uśīraka, according to the Nīlamata (verse 966), is located in Dārva country and, therefore, may be identified with some hill of Siwalik range to the south of Kaśmīra. Uśīradhvaja of the Vinaya texts, Uśīragiri of the Divyāvadāna, Uśīnara of the Pāli literature and Uśīnaragiri of the Kathāsaritsāgara which are regarded by B.G. Law as designations of one and the same mountain, may be identical with Uśīraka mentioned in the Nīlamata. A hill to the north of Kanakhala is still known as Uśīragiri.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Uśīraka (उशीरक) or Uṣīraka (उषीरक).—The fragrant root of the plant Andropogon Muricatus (variṇamūla, Mar. kāḷāvāḷā); स्तनन्यस्तोशीरम् (stananyastośīram) Ś.3.9.
-rī A sort of grass, a small sort of Saccharum.
Derivable forms: uśīrakam (उशीरकम्), uṣīrakam (उषीरकम्).
See also (synonyms): uśīra.
Uśīraka (उशीरक):—[from uśat] n. the above root, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Uśīraka (उशीरक):—n. = uśīra [1.] [Ratnamālā im Śabdakalpadruma]
Uśīraka (उशीरक):—n. = uśīra 1).
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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