Shashivadana, Shashin-vadana, Śaśivadanā: 7 definitions
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Shashivadana 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 Śaśivadanā can be transliterated into English as Sasivadana or Shashivadana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature1) Śaśivadanā (शशिवदना) is the alternative name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) mentioned by Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the Chandonuśāsana. Śaśivadanā corresponds to Makaraśīrṣā (according to Bharata) as well as Mukulitā. Hemacandra gives these alternative names for the metres by other authorities (like Bharata), even though the number of gaṇas or letters do not differ.
1) Śaśivadanā is also the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) to which Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) assigned the alternative name of Siddhi.
2) Śaśivadanā (शशिवदना) refers to one of the 130 varṇavṛttas (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the second chapter of the Vṛttamuktāvalī, ascribed to Durgādatta (19th century), author of eight Sanskrit work and patronised by Hindupati: an ancient king of the Bundela tribe (presently Bundelkhand of Uttar Pradesh). A Varṇavṛtta (e.g., śaśi-vadanā) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.
3) Śaśivadanā (शशिवदना) refers to one of the 34 varṇavṛttas (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the Vṛttamaṇimañjūṣā, whose authorship could be traced (also see the “New Catalogus Catalogorum” XXXI. p. 7).
Chandas (छन्दस्) 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚaśivadanā (शशिवदना).—f.
(-nā) 1. A woman with a face like the moon. 2. A species of the Gayatri metre. E. śaśi, vadana face.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚaśivadanā (शशिवदना).—[feminine] = śaśāṅkavadanā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śaśivadanā (शशिवदना):—[=śaśi-vadanā] [from śaśi > śaś] f. = -mukhī, [Chandomañjarī]
2) [v.s. ...] two kinds of metre, [ib.; Śrutabodha etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚaśivadanā (शशिवदना):—[śaśi-vadanā] (nā) 1. f. A handsome woman; name of a metre.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚaśivadana (ಶಶಿವದನ):—[noun] a man having a moon-like comely face.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sasin, Vadana, Shashi, Caci.
Full-text: Makarashirsha, Mukulita, Siddhi, Ghana.
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