Yajnashri, Yajñaśrī: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Yajñaśrī can be transliterated into English as Yajnasri or Yajnashri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexYajñaśrī (यज्ञश्री).—(Sānti karnika) son of Śivaskandha, and father of Vijaya; (Dviyajña, Viṣṇu-purāṇa) ruled for 19 years (29?m.p.).*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa XII. 1. 27; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 74. 168; Matsya-purāṇa 273. 14. Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 355; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 24. 48.
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryYajñaśrī (यज्ञश्री).—[adjective] promoting sacrifice.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yajñaśrī (यज्ञश्री):—[=yajña-śrī] [from yajña > yaj] mfn. promoting s°, [Ṛg-veda i, 4, 7]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a prince, [Purāṇa]
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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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Full-text: Shivaskandha, Dviyajna, Vijaya.
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The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 3 - Date of the Matsyapurāṇa < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Part 2.2g - The Andhra Dynasty < [Chapter 3 - Historical aspects in the Matsyapurāṇa]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.1.7 < [Chapter 1 - Bhauma (the earthly plane)]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 4.33 < [Chapter 4 - Jñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Transcendental Knowledge)]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 1 - Dynasties of the Kali Age < [Book 12 - Twelfth Skandha]
Jarasandhavadha Mahakavyam (by Pankaj L. Jani)
Nagarjunikonda < [April 1955]
Buddhism in Andhra – Its Arrival, Spread and < [July – September, 1994]
Andhra Culture, A Synthesis < [April 1952]