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Anantashayana, ´¡²Ô²¹²Ô³Ù²¹Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹, Ananta-shayana, Anamtashayana: 8 definitions

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Anantashayana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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 term ´¡²Ô²¹²Ô³Ù²¹Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹ can be transliterated into English as Anantasayana or Anantashayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

´¡²Ô²¹²Ô³Ù²¹Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹ (अननà¥à¤¤à¤¶à¤¯à¤¨).—A manifestation of Hari, as reposing on Åšeá¹£a.*

  • * Matsya-purÄṇa 276. 8.
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The Purana (पà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤�, purÄṇas) 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.

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India history and geography

: Heidelberg: Glory of the Tiruvanantapuram Padmanabhasvami Temple

´¡²Ô²¹²Ô³Ù²¹Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹ (अननà¥à¤¤à¤¶à¤¯à¤¨) refers to the ´¡²Ô²¹²Ô³Ù²¹Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹-Ká¹£etra (i.e., the Tiruvanantapuram temple), according to the ´¡²Ô²¹²Ô³Ù²¹Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹ká¹£etramÄhÄtmya, a text talking about the Thiruvananthapuram temple in eleven chapters, written before the 14th century.—The ´¡²Ô²¹²Ô³Ù²¹Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹ká¹£etramÄhÄtmya professes to be a part of the BrahmÄṇá¸apurÄṇa. The text is in the form of a dialogue between SÅ«ta and the sages and, similarly to other ³¾Äå³óÄå³Ù³¾²â²¹²õ, begins with a prologue. The sages perform a thousand sacrifices and when the morning offerings are over, Åšaunaka and other sages gathered there request SÅ«ta to narrate the myth and to explain the origin and importance of Viṣṇu in ´¡²Ô²¹²Ô³Ù²¹Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹-ká¹£etra (the Tiruvanantapuram temple).

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

´¡²Ô²¹²Ô³Ù²¹Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹ (अननà¥à¤¤à¤¶à¤¯à¤¨).—Travancore; Sriraá¹…gapaá¹­á¹­aṇa (because there are temples of Viṣṇu reclining on ananta Serpent).

Derivable forms: ²¹²Ô²¹²Ô³Ù²¹Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹³¾ (अननà¥à¤¤à¤¶à¤¯à¤¨à¤®à¥).

´¡²Ô²¹²Ô³Ù²¹Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ananta and Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹ (शयà¤�).

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

´¡²Ô²¹²Ô³Ù²¹Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹ (अननà¥à¤¤à¤¶à¤¯à¤¨):—[=an-anta-Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹] [from an-anta] n. Travancore.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

´¡²Ô²¹²Ô³Ù²¹Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹ (अननà¥à¤¤à¤¶à¤¯à¤¨):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-nam) The name of Travancore. E. ananta and Å›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), 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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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

AnaṃtaÅ›²¹²â²¹²Ô²¹ (ಅನಂತಶಯà²�):â€�

1) [noun] Viṣṇu, whose couch is Ananta, the king of serpents.

2) [noun] name of a city in Tamil Nadu, South India.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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