Narashamsa, śṃs: 5 definitions
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Narashamsa 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 śṃs can be transliterated into English as Narasamsa or Narashamsa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryśṃs (नराशंस).�
1) A sacrifice.
2) Agni.
Derivable forms: Բśṃs� (नराशंस�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryśṃs (नराशंस).—[masculine] [Epithet] of Agni or Pūṣan.
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śṃs (नाराशं�).—[feminine] ī relating to the praise of a man or men, belonging or sacred to Agni Naśaṃśa; [masculine] a sort of Soma vessels.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) śṃs (नराशंस):—[from nara] a m. (ś?) ‘the desire or praise of men (?)�, a mystic. Name of Agni ([especially] in the Āprī hymns, besides or instead of Tanū́-nápāt q.v.), [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa]
2) [=Բ-śṃs] [from naśaṃsa > nara] (rarely) of Pūṣan e.g. [Ṛg-veda i, 164, 3; x. 64, 3]
3) [=Բ-śṃs] b See under nara.
4) śṃs (नाराशं�):—mf(ī)n. ([from] Բ-śṃs) relating to the praise of a man or men, laudatory, eulogistic (as a hymn, tale etc.), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; Yājñavalkya] etc.
5) relating or sacred to Agni Narā-śáṃsa (applied to the Soma, [Ṛg-veda]; to a Ṛc, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa] etc.)
6) m. Name of [particular] Soma libations, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa] etc.
7) m. [plural] of a class of Pitṛs or Manes, [ib.]
8) n. a tale or legend in honour of liberal men, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) m. (also) a Soma vessel.
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