Shirshaka, 艢墨谤峁办补: 16 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 艢墨谤峁办补 can be transliterated into English as Sirsaka or Shirshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shirshak.
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N膩峁瓂a-艣膩stra1) 艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪) refers to 鈥渕asks鈥�, which are accessories used in a dramatic play, according to N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 23. It is also known by the name Prati艣墨谤峁ka. Such accessories and weapons should be made by experts using proper measurements and given to persons in their respective conditions. It forms a component of 腻丑腻谤测腻产丑颈苍补测补 (extraneous representation).
2) 艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪) refers to one of the varieties of the 肠补迟耻峁补诲腻 type of song, according to the N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 31. Accordingly, 鈥渢he song of which the half is suddenly commenced and finished, and is adorned with 艣墨谤峁, is called the 艣墨谤峁ka鈥�.
3) 艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪) refers to one of the four limbs (补峁単补) belonging to 笔谤腻惫别艣颈办墨 type of song (诲丑谤耻惫腻) defined in the N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 32.9-16. Accordingly, 鈥渄epending on different conditions, the 诲丑谤耻惫腻s are known to be of five classes鈥�.
4) 艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪) refers to one of the six kinds of songs (诲丑谤奴惫补) according to the N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra 32.384:鈥斺赌渁 诲丑谤耻惫腻 which is at the position of 艣墨谤峁 (head) is called the 艣墨谤峁ka. 艢墨谤峁办补 and 补岣嶀笉颈迟腻 belong to kings and gods. A岣嶀笉it膩 is to be applied in case of women of divine, royal and Vaiy艣a origin鈥�.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪) is a generic name for strophic metres, according to Hemacandra, who mentions a few such combinations as those of a Dvipad墨 and a G墨ti, a Vastuvadana and an Ull膩la, a R膩s膩valaya and an Ull膩la, a Vadana and an Ull膩la and says at the end, that these are all called 峁峁璸ada or S膩rdhacchandas by the bards of Magadha. Among the Tribha峁単墨s, he mentions and illustrates a strophe made with a Dvipad墨, an Avalambaka and a G墨ti and yet another which is made with 2 Avalambakas and a G墨ti. The latter is the Dvipad墨kha峁囜笉a.
Chandas (啶涏え啷嵿う啶膏) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪) refers to 鈥渙ne鈥檚 helmet鈥�, according to Mah膩辫谤补箩帽腻p膩ramit膩艣膩stra (chapter 4).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸Question: Why is the Buddha called Arhat?]鈥擺Answer]: Ara means enemy (ari) and hat means to kill (han). The expression therefore means 鈥榢iller of enemies鈥�. Some stanzas say: 鈥楾he Buddha has patience (办峁Ｄ乶迟颈) as his armor (varman), Energy (惫墨谤测补) as his helmet (艣墨谤峁ka), Discipline (艣墨濒补) as his great steed (尘补丑腻艣惫补), Dhy膩na as his bow (dhanus), Wisdom (辫谤补箩帽腻) as his arrows (艣补谤补). Outwardly, he destroys the army of M膩ra (尘腻谤补蝉别苍补). Inwardly, he destroys the passions (办濒别艣补), his enemies. He is called Arhat. [...]鈥�.
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.
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary艢墨谤峁办补.鈥�(EI 28), village headman; same as Mutu岣峚 or Mu岣籾岣峚 of South Indian inscriptions. Note: 艣墨谤峁ka is defined in the 鈥淚ndian epigraphical glossary鈥� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪).鈥擜n epithet of R膩hu.
-kam 1 The head.
2) Skull.
3) A helmet.
4) A head-dress, (cap, hat &c.).
5) Verdict, judgment, judicial sentence.
6) The top of anything.
Derivable forms: 艣墨谤峁ka岣� (啶多啶班啶粪啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪).鈥�(1) nt., top of a column: 掳kam 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 5576 = Tibetan bre phul; (2) m., helmet: 掳ka岣� (so read with Mironov for text 掳k膩岣�) 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 6076 = Tibetan rmog, helmet (alternatively, 岣shem bu, = ? should mean something sewn, perhaps a knitted head-cover); listed among arms and armor; (3) name of a n膩ga king: 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 3283, but v.l. and Mironov Cicchaka.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪).鈥攏.
(-办补峁�) 1. A helmet. 2. The skull. 3. The head. 4. Judgment, award, sentence, the fruit or result of judicial investigation. m.
(-办补岣�) Rahu, the personified ascending node. E. kan added to the last.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪).鈥擺艣墨谤峁 + ka], I. m. R膩hu. Ii. n. 1. The skull. 2. A helmet. 3. Judgment, sentence.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪).鈥擺neuter] head; a kind of fine ([jurisprudence]).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪):鈥擺from 艣墨谤峁] mfn. familiar with the text called 艣颈谤补蝉, [Baudh膩yana-dharma-艣膩stra]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a R膩hu (the personified ascending node; cf. 艣墨谤峁Ｄ乿补艣别峁Ｄ�-办峁泃补), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] n. the head, skull, [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺; Pa帽car膩tra]
4) [v.s. ...] the top of anything, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] a cap or helmet, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] a garland worn on the head, [Demetrius Galanos鈥檚 Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
7) [v.s. ...] judgement, verdict, sentence, result of judicial investigation (cf. next).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪):鈥�(办补峁�) 1. n. A helmet; the skull; award. m. R膩hu.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: 厂墨蝉补测补, 厂墨蝉补办办补.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪) [Also spelled shirshak]:鈥�(nm) a title, heading.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus艢墨谤峁办补 (嗖多硛嗖班硩嗖粪矔):鈥�
1) [noun] the front or top end; tip; apex.
2) [noun] the head.
3) [noun] the skull.
4) [noun] any head-dress as cap, hat, turban, etc.
5) [noun] a protective covering for the head; a helmet.
6) [noun] a string of flowers or any ornament for the head.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary艢墨谤峁办补 (啶多啶班啶粪):鈥攏. 1. topic; title; heading; 2. head-dress; helmet;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Shirshakapala, Shirshakastha, Shirshakatahaka.
Full-text (+51): Dhanyashirshaka, Upashirshaka, Trishirshaka, Katishirshaka, Akhetashirshaka, Ashirshaka, Raktashirshaka, Goshirshaka, Purushashirshaka, Dvishirshaka, Khodakashirshaka, Kapishirshaka, Citrashirshaka, Avashirshaka, Margashirshaka, Madhushirshaka, Akhotashirshaka, Shirshakastha, Kurcashirshaka, Rajashirshaka.
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