Shaishireya, Śśⲹ: 4 definitions
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Shaishireya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Śśⲹ can be transliterated into English as Saisireya or Shaishireya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaŚśⲹ (शैशिरे�).—An ācārya who was the disciple of Śākalya. "Śaiśirīya Saṃhitā", a work produced by him is considered to be an authoritative treatise on the Śākalya branch of knowledge.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Śśⲹ (शैशिरे�).—A pupil of Śākalya.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 35. 2.
1b) Of Dvayāmuṣyāyana gotra.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 196. 52.

The Purana (पुरा�, 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
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚśⲹ (शैशिरे�):—[from śś] m. [patronymic] of a teacher, [ib.]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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: Devamitrashakalya.
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Lineages of Aṅgirā < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter IV - Division of the Veda, in the last Dvapara age by the Vyasa Krishna Dvaipayana < [Book III]
Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 35 - The legend of Yājñavalkya’s receiving the Veda from the Sun-God < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]