Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

śaṅkara शङ्कर – śaṅkara

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

śaṅkara

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Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

śaṅkara śaṅ-kara, as, ā or ī, am (i. e. 2. śa or 2. śam + 1. kara), causing happiness, conferring good fortune or prosperity, auspicious, propitious, well-disposed; (as), m. an epithet of Śiva; N. of a celebrated teacher of the Vedānta philosophy, (see śaṅkarācārya below); of a poet; of a com- mentator on the Bengālī recension of Kālidāsa's Śakuntalā; of an astronomer, (also called bhaṭṭa- śaṅkara); of the author of a drama called Śāradā- tilaka; of the author of the Dvaita-nirṇaya; of the author of the Karma-vipāka and the Saṃskāra- bhāskara; of the author of the Rasa-candrikā com- mentary; of a Dānava; (ā), f. a particular Rāga or musical mode; (ī), f. the wife of Śiva; Bengal madder; the Śamī tree.

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Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

śaṅkara śaṅkara a. (śa bonheur; kṛ) heureux, qui porte bonheur. — S. m. Śiva. Np. d'un célèbre philosophe vêdântiste. — S. f. [ī] garance manjith. śaṅkarapriya m. perdrix rouge.

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Derived words

  • śāṅkara शाङ्कर adjective pertaining to Śiva; proceeding from Śaṅkara

Occurrences in source texts (8)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 20–26: Practising Laya 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

MAN 1 occurrence
Rudra-Kṣetra-Mantra 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

  • MAN RK 4 Segment 2

    Through: śāṅkara Attested form: śāṅkaram Grammar of the segment: nominative singular neuter

PJH 2 occurrences
PJH: Maṅgala and Invocation Verses 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

  • PJH 0.2 Segment 1

    Through: śāṅkara Attested form: śāṅkara Grammar of the segment: karmadhāraya-compound

PJH 21: Epilogue and Closing Blessing 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

  • PJH 21.2 Segment 3

    Through: śāṅkara Attested form: śāṅkaraḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular masculine

SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 4.91-4.94: Vajrolī-Siddhi 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

SiSa 5.1-5.2: Hindernisse der Befreiung 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

VBT 2 occurrences
VBT 121–129: Devotion and Release 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

VBT 156–162: Secret and Closure 1 occurrence

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