Trisahasra, Trishahasra: 8 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
In Buddhism
1. Mahayana
India history
Languages
1. Sanskrit
See also

Introduction:

Trisahasra means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Trisahasra (त्रिसहस्र) refers to “three thousand years” (of Pārvatī’s penance), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.22 (“Description of Pārvatī’s penance”).—Accordingly, as Pārvatī performed her penance: “[...] Pārvatī thus spent three thousand years [i.e., trisahasra—trīṇi varṣa sahasrāṇi] in the penance-grove performing penance and meditating on lord Śiva. Remaining for a short while in the place where Śiva had performed penance for sixty thousand years, Pārvatī thought like this. Does not the Supreme lord know me observing these ritualistic activities now? Wherefore am I not followed by him though engaged in penance? [...]”.

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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.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Trisāhasra (त्रिसाहस्र) refers to a “threefold thousand”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja, having praised the Lord with these verses, addressed himself to the Lord: ‘[...] The Lord, having played with the supernormal knowledges, is skilled in the knowledge of ascertainment of the base of magic. The Lord, having been endowed with the understanding of observation, throughly shows the mental behavior of all living beings as he places it upon the palm of his hand. Since the Lord has been elevated above, nobody can look at the top of his head. The Lord, having been unsurpassed, became a hero in the whole system of threefold thousand great thousand worlds (trisāhasra-mahāsāhasra-lokadhātu). [...]’”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) 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 sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Trisahasra.—(EI 31), also called trisahasra-vidyā; certain sciences. Note: trisahasra is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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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

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Trisahasra (त्रिसहस्र).—f. °rā or (once, compare trisāhasrī) °rī, adj., consisting of 3,000 (worlds), sc. a world-system of that extent; the word lokadhātu seems to be always lacking; only in verses, and °sah° seems to be m.c. for the regular °sāh° (despite Pali sahassī; °sāh° seems unknown in Pali): ceti bhu (= abhūt; so divide) trisahasraḥ Lalitavistara 368.18 (verse, see s.v. ceti); °srāyāṃ Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 63.5 (verse); trisahasri (acc. sg., for °rīṃ; the only ī-stem form) Daśabhūmikasūtra.g. 40(66).4, and °ra (acc. sg., for °rāṃ or °raṃ) 10. See also s.v. triḥsahasra (°rā).

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Trisāhasrā (त्रिसाहस्रा).—(sc. lokadhātu), = °srī: °srāṃ bahurat-nadharāṃ…Mahāvastu i.80.9 (prose); imāṃ °rāṃ i.236.15 (verse); °srāya yāvatā (see this) ii.302.20. No noun expressed.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Triṣāhasra (त्रिषाहस्र).—[adjective] consisting of 3000.

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

1) Triṣāhasra (त्रिषाहस्र):—[=tri-ṣāhasra] [from tri] (tri-) mfn. (= -sāh) consisting of 3000 [Taittirīya-saṃhitā v; Śulba-sūtra]

2) Trisāhasra (त्रिसाहस्र):—[=tri-sāhasra] [from tri] n., [3000, x, 58, 50]

3) [v.s. ...] mf(ī)n. consisting of 3000 [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Trisahasra 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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