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Sukhashaya, ܰś: 4 definitions

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Sukhashaya 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 ܰś can be transliterated into English as Sukhasaya or Sukhashaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Sukhashaya in Kavya glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

ܰś (सुखशया) is the name of a witch and friend of Bandhudattā, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 37. Accordingly, �... when she [Bandhudattā] said this, her friend ܰś, who was a witch, answered her: ‘I know two spells: by reciting one of them a man can be in a moment made an ape, if a string is fastened round his neck, and by the second, if the string is loosed, he will immediately become a man again; and while he is an ape his intelligence is not diminished�.�.

The story of ܰś and Bandhudattā was narrated by Gomukha in order to demonstrate that “it is true that chaste women are few and far between, but unchaste women are never to be trusted�.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story�), mentioning ܰś, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the 󲹰 (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्�, 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 ‘epic poetry� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry�.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Sukhashaya in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ܰśⲹ (सुखाशय).—adj. hoping for pleasure, [ʲñٲԳٰ] ii. [distich] 160.

ܰśⲹ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sukha and śⲹ (आश�).

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

1) ܰś (सुखशया):—[=ܰ-ś] [from sukha > sukh] f. Name of a sorceress, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

2) ܰśⲹ (सुखाशय):—[from sukha > sukh] [wrong reading] for ܰśⲹ.

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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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