Shirashchitva, Shiras-chitva, 艢颈谤补艣肠丑颈迟惫腻: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term 艢颈谤补艣肠丑颈迟惫腻 can be transliterated into English as Siraschitva or Shirashchitva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shirashchhitva.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation艢颈谤补艣肠丑颈迟惫腻 (啶多た啶班ざ啷嵿啶苦い啷嵿さ啶�) refers to 鈥渉aving cut off the head鈥� (of Ga峁噀艣a), according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.4.17 (鈥淭he Resuscitation of Ga峁噀艣a鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm膩 narrated to N膩rada: 鈥淥 foremost among sages, listen. I shall mention the story of the mother of the universe in the manner that it happened afterwards. When Ga峁噀艣a was killed, the Ga峁嘺s were very jubilant. They played on M峁沝a峁単as and Pa峁璦has. After cutting off the head (艣颈谤补艣肠丑颈迟惫腻) of Ga峁噀艣a even as 艢iva became sorry, goddess P膩rvat墨 became furious, O great sage. [...]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.
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