Simhadamshtra, 厂颈峁僪补诲补峁冡梗峁璻补, Simha-damshtra: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 厂颈峁僪补诲补峁冡梗峁璻补 can be transliterated into English as Simhadamstra or Simhadamshtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara1) Si峁僪adam峁ａ弓ra (啶膏た啶傕す啶︵ぎ啷嵿し啷嵿啷嵿ぐ) is one of the Asuras who came from the underworld (Ras膩tala) to assist S奴ryaprabha in his campaign against 艢ruta艣arman, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 46. Accordingly: 鈥�... After them came the Daityas and D膩navas, true to their agreement, brothers-in-law, fathers-in-law, friends and other connections of S奴ryaprabha. H峁涐梗峁璦roman, and Mah膩m膩ya, and Si峁僪adam峁ａ弓ra and Prakampana, and Tantukaccha and Dur膩roha, and Sum膩ya, and Vajrapa帽jara, and Dh奴maketu, and Pramathana, and the D膩nava Vika峁乲峁, and many others came from as low down as the seventh underworld鈥�.
The story of Si峁僪adam峁ａ弓ra was narrated by the Vidy膩dhara king Vajraprabha to prince Narav膩hanadatta in order to relate how 鈥淪奴ryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the Vidy膩dharas鈥�.
2) Si峁僪adam峁ａ弓ra (啶膏た啶傕す啶︵ぎ啷嵿し啷嵿啷嵿ぐ) is the name of a 艢avara chieft, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 56. Accordingly, 鈥�... and in course of time, as he [Candrasv膩min] roamed on, he reached a great wilderness, with sands heated by the rays of the sun, and with but a few parched-up trees in it. And there he left his two children [Mah墨p膩la and Candravat墨], who were exhausted with thirst, and went to a great distance to look for water for them. Then there met him a chief of the 艢avaras, named 厂颈峁僪补诲补峁冡梗峁璻补, with his followers, going somewhere or other for his own ends鈥�.
The story of 厂颈峁僪补诲补峁冡梗峁璻补 was narrated by Marubh奴ti in order to entertain the company of prince Narav膩hanadatta.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning Si峁僪adam峁ａ弓ra, 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�.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary厂颈峁僪补诲补峁冡梗峁璻补 (啶膏た啶傕す啶︵啶粪啶熰啶�).鈥攁n epithet of 艢iva.
Derivable forms: 蝉颈峁僪补诲补峁冡梗峁璻补岣� (啶膏た啶傕す啶︵啶粪啶熰啶班).
厂颈峁僪补诲补峁冡梗峁璻补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 蝉颈峁僪补 and 诲补峁冡梗峁璻补 (啶︵啶粪啶熰啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂颈峁僪补诲补峁冡梗峁璻补 (啶膏た啶傕す啶︵啶粪啶熰啶�).鈥擺adjective] lion-tusked; [masculine] a kind of arrows.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 厂颈峁僪补诲补峁冡梗峁璻补 (啶膏た啶傕す啶︵啶粪啶熰啶�):鈥擺=蝉颈峁僪补-诲补峁冡梗峁璻补] [from 蝉颈峁僪补] mfn. l掳-toothed, [R膩m膩ya峁嘺]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of arrow, [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of 艢iva, [Monier-Williams鈥� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
4) [v.s. ...] of an Asura, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]
5) [v.s. ...] of a king of the 艢abaras, [ib.]
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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.
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Partial matches: Damshtra, Simha.
Full-text: Jalapura.
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