Shashikala, 艢补艣颈办补濒腻, Shashin-kala: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 艢补艣颈办补濒腻 can be transliterated into English as Sasikala or Shashikala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature艢补艣颈办补濒腻 (啶多ざ啶苦啶侧ぞ) is the alternative name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) mentioned by Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the 颁丑补苍诲辞苍耻艣腻蝉补苍补. 艢补艣颈办补濒腻 corresponds to Candr膩varta (according to Pi峁単ala). Hemacandra gives these alternative names for the metres by other authorities (like Bharata), even though the number of 驳补峁嘺蝉 or letters do not differ.
Chandas (啶涏え啷嵿う啶膏) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia艢补艣颈办补濒腻 (啶多ざ啶苦啶侧ぞ).鈥擠aughter of Sub膩hu, King of K膩艣墨. She was married by a prince Sudar艣ana who had been driven out of his kingdom by Yudh膩jit.
As she became a young woman 艢补艣颈办补濒腻 heard about Sudar艣ana, who lived in the forest with his mother and fell in love with him. One night Dev墨 appeared in dream to her and told her that marriage with Sudar艣ana would take place, and at those words of Dev墨 she awoke from sleep and began laughing. Though her mother asked 艢补艣颈办补濒腻 about the reason for her laughing thus, she answered not, but continued laughing. One day while she was picnicking in the Campaka forest, an old brahmin came there and described to her about the great personality and beauty of Sudar艣ana, who then was staying with his mother at Bharadv膩j膩艣rama. 艢补艣颈办补濒腻鈥檚 heart yearned to be with Sudar艣ana. (See full article at Story of 艢补艣颈办补濒腻 from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara艢补艣颈办补濒腻 (啶多ざ啶苦啶侧ぞ) is the wife of Padmagarbha: a Br膩hman from Sugho峁, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 73. Accordingly, as Padmi峁ａ弓h膩 said to 艢r墨dar艣ana: 鈥�... in [Sugho峁] there dwelt a Br膩hman named Padmagarbha, who possessed a thorough knowledge of the Vedas. He had a wife of very good family, named 艢补艣颈办补濒腻. And the Br膩hman had two children by that wife, a son of the name of Mukharaka, and myself, a daughter of the name of Padmi峁ａ弓h膩鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 艢补艣颈办补濒腻, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Narav膩hanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the 惫颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉 (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Gu峁嚹佱笉hya鈥檚 B峁沨atkath膩 consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram艢补艣颈办补濒腻 (啶多ざ啶苦啶侧ぞ) refers to the 鈥渆nergy of the Moon鈥�, according to the Manth膩nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik膩.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淚n the centre, in the sacred seat called K膩ma, passion gives rise to passion and is the seat of U岣峚 within power (办补濒腻). The venerable (seat) P奴r峁嘺 is in the wheel on the left and emanates the energy of the Moon [i.e., 艣a艣i办补濒腻] in the seat of the Moon in front of that. The divine seat of Kul奴ta emanates (its energy) into the energized head of Kolla on the right. (The energy of the goddess) penetrates into the venerable Ujjayan墨 on the left in due order ** with the six sacred seats beginning with that. She who is in the Wheel of the Hexagram is Bhairav墨, the mother of persistence and destruction; by the expansion of consciousness (产辞诲丑补惫峁沝诲丑颈), (she is also) Avv膩, Klinn膩, Rakt膩, Bhagavat墨, and Pulin墨: I bow (to her who, in all these forms, is) the venerable Ekav墨r膩鈥�.
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (shaktism)艢补艣颈办补濒腻 (啶多ざ啶苦啶侧ぞ) refers to the 鈥�(underlying) digit of the moon鈥�, according to the King Vatsar膩ja鈥檚 P奴j膩stuti called the K膩masiddhistuti (also V膩make艣var墨stuti), guiding one through the worship of the Goddess Nity膩.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] Sages address you as the destroyer of darkness, the bestower of delight, yielding the immortal nectar to all those who remember you. They address you as the ever-risen one with no possibility of rising and setting, as the underlying digit of the moon (补苍迟补艣肠补谤墨鈥�补苍迟补艣肠补谤墨峁� 艣a艣i办补濒腻m) never suspected to have a stain鈥�.
Note: The underlying digit of the moon (补苍迟补艣肠补谤墨 艣a艣i办补濒腻) in all likelihood is the sixteen innermost digit beyond the waning and waxing process.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary艢补艣颈办补濒腻 (啶多ざ啶苦啶侧ぞ).鈥攁 digit of the moon; '啶оえ啷嵿く啶� 啶曕啶 啶膏啶ムた啶むぞ 啶む 啶多た啶班じ啶� (dhany膩 keya峁� sthit膩 te 艣irasi)', '啶多ざ啶苦啶侧ぞ (艣a艣i办补濒腻)' Mu.1.1.
艢补艣颈办补濒腻 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 艣补艣颈苍 and 办补濒腻 (啶曕げ啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢补艣颈办补濒腻 (啶多ざ啶苦啶侧ぞ).鈥擺feminine] a digit or sickle of the moon.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 艢补艣颈办补濒腻 (啶多ざ啶苦啶侧ぞ):鈥擺=艣a艣i-办补濒腻] [from 艣a艣i > 艣a艣] f. a digit of the m掳, the m掳 (in general), [Vikramorva艣墨; Kath膩sarits膩gara; Chandoma帽jar墨]
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of metre, [Chandoma帽jar墨]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of various women, [Kath膩sarits膩gara; Catalogue(s)]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary艢a艣i-办补濒腻 (啶多ざ啶�-啶曕げ啶�):鈥攏. a digit of the moon;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sasin, Shashi, Shashi, Shashi, Shashi, Saci, Kala.
Starts with: Shashikalabharana, Shashikalacuda, Shashikalapancashika.
Full-text: Shashikalapancashika, Shashikalabharana, Antashcarin, Candralekha, Atishakvari, Candravarta, Padmagarbha, Padmishtha, Navaratri, Subahu.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada D膩sa)
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Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vij帽anananda)
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