The Sanskrit terms Śighrya and Śīghrya can be transliterated into English as Sighrya or Shighrya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Śighrya (शिघ्र्य).—A Rudra on the Ṣoḍaśa cakra.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 34. 30.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śīghrya (शीघ्र्य).—Quickness, rapidity.

Derivable forms: śīghryam (शीघ्र्यम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śīghrya (शीघ्र्य).—m.

(-ghyraḥ) 1. The fighting of cats. 2. Siva. 3. Vishnu.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śīghrya (शीघ्र्य):—[from śīghra] mfn. hasty, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] n. quickness, speed, rapidity, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shighrya in German

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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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