Mahashaila, 惭补丑腻艣补颈濒补, Maha-shaila: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 惭补丑腻艣补颈濒补 can be transliterated into English as Mahasaila or Mahashaila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation惭补丑腻艣补颈濒补 (啶す啶距ざ啷堗げ) refers to a 鈥�(great) mountain鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.37 (鈥淭he letter of betrothal is dispatched鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Himavat prepared the wedding of Men膩 and 艢iva: 鈥淸...] The mountains Trik奴峁璦, Citrak奴峁璦, Ve峁卥a峁璦, 艢r墨giri, Gok膩mukha and N膩rada came also. The excellent mountain Vindhya possessing many riches, came there delightedly along with his wife and sons. The mountain (尘补丑腻艣补颈濒补) K膩la帽jara, highly resplendent and extremely delighted came along with his attendants. [...]鈥�.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑腻艣补颈濒补 (啶す啶距ざ啷堗げ).鈥攎. a great mountain, [Bhart峁沨ari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 56.
惭补丑腻艣补颈濒补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 尘补丑腻 and 艣补颈濒补 (啶多啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑腻艣补颈濒补 (啶す啶距ざ啷堗げ).鈥擺masculine] great rock or mountain.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 惭补丑腻艣补颈濒补 (啶す啶距ざ啷堗げ):鈥擺=尘补丑腻-艣补颈濒补] [from 尘补丑腻 > mah] m. a gr掳 rock or mountain, [Bhart峁沨ari]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a m掳, [M膩rka峁囜笉eya-pur膩峁嘺]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)M膩ha艣补颈濒补 (啶ぞ啶灌ざ啷堗げ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 惭补丑腻蝉别濒补.
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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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