Shaishiri, Śaiṣirī: 3 definitions
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Shaishiri 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 Śaiṣirī can be transliterated into English as Saisiri or Shaishiri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexŚaiṣirī (शैषिरी).—A Vājin.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 61. 25.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śaiśiri (शैशिरि):—[from śaiśira] m. ([patronymic] [from] idem) Name of a teacher of the White Yajur-veda, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
2) Śaiṣiri (शैषिरि):—[wrong reading] for śaiśiri (q.v.)
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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: Shaishirika, Shaishirindhra, Shaishiriya, Shaishiriya Shiksha, Shaishiriyaka, Shaishiriyashakha.
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Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter V - Division of the Yajur-veda < [Book III]
Shakhas of the Rigveda as mentioned in the Puranas < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 1 (1964)]