Simhashri, 厂颈峁僪补艣谤墨: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 厂颈峁僪补艣谤墨 can be transliterated into English as Simhasri or Simhashri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara厂颈峁僪补艣谤墨 (啶膏た啶傕す啶多啶班) is the name of the second wife of Si峁僪apar膩krama, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 23. Accordingly, 鈥淭hen Si峁僪apar膩krama examined many maidens by means of the dish, and discovering that they had belonged to alien races in a previous birth, he avoided them, but after he had discovered one who had been a lioness in a previous birth, and so was a suitable match for him, he married her as his second wife, and her name was 厂颈峁僪补艣谤墨鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 厂颈峁僪补艣谤墨, 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�.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Mahayana Buddhism厂颈峁僪补艣谤墨 (啶膏た啶傕す啶多啶班) is the father of Maitr墨 who is included in the list of spiritual friends of Sudhana: the son of a merchant from Sukh膩kara who received a prophecy from Ma帽ju艣r墨, according to the Avata峁僺aka-s奴tra. Accordingly, Sudhana devoted himself to 110 spiritual friends in a great building adorned with the ornaments of Vairocana. These spiritual friends included monks, bodhisattvas, 峁涐梗颈蝉, 产谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉, girls (e.g., Maitr墨), kings, youths, goddesses, householders, etc. From these beings, Sudhana took the vows without the need for any formal basis.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂颈峁僪补艣谤墨 (啶膏た啶傕す啶多啶班):鈥擺=蝉颈峁僪补-艣谤墨] [from 蝉颈峁僪补] f. Name of a woman, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]
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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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