Shamtanu, 艢补峁僼补苍耻, 厂补峁僼补苍耻, Samtanu, 艢腻峁僼补苍耻: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms 艢补峁僼补苍耻 and 艢腻峁僼补苍耻 can be transliterated into English as Samtanu or Shamtanu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) 艢补峁僼补苍耻 (啶多啶むえ啷�).鈥擜 son of Prat墨pa and a brother of Dev膩p墨; was a great king learned and a specialist in medicine (mah膩bhi峁k); it is said that a touch of his hand cured people of any disease and made them youthful again; hence his name 艢amtanu; married J膩hnav墨; father of Devavrata (Bh墨峁a); from the dark fisherwoman he got Vicitrav墨rya. Another son was Citr膩ngada; a Paurava with an a峁兣沘 of Samudra.1 Came upon the twins of Satyadh峁泃i, in the course of a hunting, K峁沺a and K峁沺i and took them by grace; greed for more territory.2
- 1) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 IX. 22. 12-21; XII. 2. 37; Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 III. 10. 69, 70; Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 14, 17; 50. 11, 39. 45; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 73. 18; 99. 234, 237-41; 111. 70; Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 IV. 20. 9. 34.
- 2) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 IX. 21. 36; XII. 3. 10; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 1. 158; 99. 204; Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 IV. 19. 67-8.
2) 厂补峁僼补苍耻 (啶膏啶むえ啷�).鈥擱escued the Gautamas, twin children of Satyadh峁泃i.*
- * Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 50. 11.
艢腻峁僼补苍耻 (啶多ぞ啶傕い啶ㄠ) is a name mentioned in the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (cf. I.63.76, I.63, I.61.68) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (mentioning 艢腻峁僼补苍耻) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 艣濒辞办补蝉 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢补峁僼补苍耻 (啶多啶むえ啷�).鈥擺adjective] beneficial to the body or person ([abstract] 艣补峁僼补苍耻迟惫补); [masculine] [Name] of an ancient king etc.
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艢腻峁僼补苍耻 (啶多ぞ啶傕い啶ㄠ).鈥擺masculine] [Name] of an ancient king ( = 艣补峁僼补苍耻).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 艢补峁僼补苍耻 (啶多啶むえ啷�):鈥擺=艣补峁�-迟补苍耻] [from 艣补峁� > 艣am] mfn. (艣补峁�-) wholesome for the body or the person (-tva n.), [Taittir墨ya-sa峁僪it膩]
2) [v.s. ...] m. (also written 艣腻峁僼补苍耻) Name of an ancient king with the [patronymic] Kauravya (he was fourteenth descendant of Kuru, son of Prat墨pa and younger brother of Dev膩pi, and usurped the sovereignty whilst the latter became a hermit; he married Ga峁単膩 and Satya-vat墨; by the former he had a son named Bh墨峁a, and by the latter Citr膩峁単ada and Vicitrav墨rya cf. [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 375]), [峁歡-veda; 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补; Hariva峁兣沘] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] (with cakra-vartin) Name of an author (son of Uddhara峁嘺, of the Tomara race), [Catalogue(s)]
4) 艢腻峁僼补苍耻 (啶多ぞ啶傕い啶ㄠ):鈥擺from 艣腻峁僼补苍补惫补] m. Name of the father of Bh墨峁a (in older language 艣补峁僼补苍耻 q.v.), [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补; Hariva峁兣沘] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] a [particular] inferior kind of grain, [Su艣ruta]
6) 厂补峁僼补苍耻 (啶膏啶むえ啷�):鈥擺=蝉补峁�-迟补苍耻] [from sa峁�-tani > sa峁�-tan] m. Name of a youth attending on R膩dh膩, [Pa帽car膩tra]
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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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Starts with: Shamtanu cakravartin, Shamtanuja, Shamtanunandana, Shamtanutanuja, Shamtanutva.
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