The Sanskrit term Suvarṇaṣṭhīvī can be transliterated into English as Suvarnasthivi or Suvarnashthivi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Suvarṇaṣṭhīvī (सुवर्णष्ठीवी).—Son of King Sṛñjaya. While sages Nārada and Parvata were living in that King’s palace the following incident took place.

Sṛñjaya expressed his sorrow over having no issues to Nārada who then blessed him to have a son called Suvarṇaṣṭhīvī. The King began performing Yajñas from that day onwards and his queen conceived and in due time delivered a child who was named Suvarṇaṣṭhīvī and he became an ascetic even as a boy. Indra got alarmed by the penance of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvī and tried to frighten him by assuming the forms of various cruel beasts. He also sent his Vajrāyudha against the ascetic, but all to no purpose.

The boy became four or five years old when one day while strolling in the company of his mother on the banks of the Gaṅgā, a tiger jumped upon him. This tiger of illusion had been sent by Indra and the tiger killed the boy. His mother wept aloud and people in the palace gathered around her. Sṛñjaya wept bitterly. Ultimately Nārada appeared, consoled the King and with the permission of Indra brought the boy back to life. (Śānti Parva, Chapter 31; also see under Sṛñjaya)

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Suvarṇaṣṭhīvi (सुवर्णष्ठीवि):—[=su-varṇa-ṣṭhīvi] [from su-varṇa] m. ‘spitting gold’, Name of a son of Sṛñjaya, [Mahābhārata]

[Sanskrit to German]

Suvarnashthivi 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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Partial matches: Sthivi, Suvarna.

Starts with: Suvarnashthivin.

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