Vrishabhashodasha, Vṛṣabhaṣoḍaśā, Vrishabha-shodasha: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vṛṣabhaṣoḍaśā can be transliterated into English as Vrsabhasodasa or Vrishabhashodasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVṛṣabhaṣoḍaśā (वृषभषोडशा).—(pl.) fifteen cows and a bull; ज्येष्ठस्तु जातो ज्येष्ठायां हरेद् वृषभषोडशाः (jyeṣṭhastu jāto jyeṣṭhāyāṃ hared vṛṣabhaṣoḍaśāḥ) Manusmṛti 9.124.
Vṛṣabhaṣoḍaśā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛṣabha and ṣoḍaśā (षोडशा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛṣabhaṣoḍaśa (वृषभषोडश).—(having a bull as sixteenth, i. e.) fifteen cows and a bull, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 124, v. r. (cf. Lois.).
Vṛṣabhaṣoḍaśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛṣabha and ṣoḍaśa (षोडश).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛṣabhaṣoḍaśā (वृषभषोडशा).—[feminine] [plural] (±go) fifteen cows and a bull.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vṛṣabhaṣoḍaśa (वृषभषोडश):—[=vṛṣabha-ṣoḍaśa] [from vṛṣabha > vṛṣ] mfn. ‘having a bull as sixteenth’
2) Vṛṣabhaṣoḍaśā (वृषभषोडशा):—[=vṛṣabha-ṣoḍaśā] [from vṛṣabha-ṣoḍaśa > vṛṣabha > vṛṣ] f. [plural] (with or [scilicet] gāvaḥ) fifteen cows and a bull, [Manu-smṛti ix, 124]
3) [v.s. ...] [xi, 116 etc.]
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: Vrishabha, Shodasha.
Full-text: Shodasha.
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