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śiṣya शिष्य – pupil; disciple

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

pupil; disciple

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

śiṣya ·a. to be taught or instructed; m. scholar, pupil (f. ā); abstr. °tā f.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Śiṣya, as, ā, am, to be taught, docile [cf. a-ś˚]; (as), m. a scholar, pupil, disciple, (ku-śiṣya, a bad or wicked pupil); passion, anger; violence.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

śíṣya (wie eben) partic. fut. pass. P. 3,1,109. VOP. 26,17. fg. 1〉 adj. zu lehren, tradendus: tadaśiṣyam P. 1,2,53. — 2〉 adj. zu belehren, zu unterweisen: a˚ der nicht verdient unterwiesen zu werden Spr. (II) 720. Spr. (II) 3578. — 3〉 m. Schüler AK. 2,7,10. H. 79. HALĀY. 2,245. śiṣyo vedavidyārthī . antevāsī śilpaśikṣārthī MIT. 267,15. ṚV. PRĀT. 13,19. ṚV. PRĀT. 15,1. fgg. ṢAḌV. BR. 4,1. KAUŚ. 139. KAUŚ. 141. GOBH. 3,3,2. M. 1,103. M. 2,69. M. 2,140. M. 2,208. M. 2,242. śūdra˚ M. 3,156. M. 4,101. M. 4,114. M. 4,164. M. 4,175. M. 5,81. M. 8,70. M. 8,299. M. 8,317. M. 9,187. MBH. 12,4260. R. 1,2,5. R. 1,52,5. R. 2,54,10. KĀM. NĪTIS. 2,4. SUŚR. 1,6,11. SUŚR. 1,7,5. SUŚR. 1,13,2. SUŚR. 1,28,20. RAGH. 1,92. RAGH. 2,40. ŚĀK. 31,1. ŚĀK. 46,5. VIKR. 35,1. ˚paraṃparā SĀṂKHYAK. 71. Spr. (II) 4074. LA. (III) 87,18. ˚hatyā PAÑCAR. 2,8,27. PAÑCAR. 3,9,11. PAÑCAR. 3,9,17. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 45,a,21. fg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 85,a,20. fg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 93,a, No. 149. guruśiṣya n. Lehrer und Schüler Spr. (II) 4638. am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā KATHĀS. 20,145. śiṣyā f. Schülerin MBH. 1,3286. KATHĀS. 13,91. KATHĀS. 20,188. gāndharva˚ in der Tonkunst KATHĀS. 11,18. — Vgl. upa˚, pra˚, śukra˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

śiṣya — 1〉 Adj. — a〉 zu lehren, tradendus. aniṣpanne niṣpannaśabdaḥ śiṣyaḥ es muss gelehrt werden, dass das Wort niṣpanna die Bedeutung von aniṣpanna hat, Chr. 243,24. Chr. 243,25. — b〉 zu belehren, zu unterweisen; s. aśiṣya. — 2〉 m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) Schüler. — 3〉 f. ā Schülerin.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

śiṣyaḥ [śas -kyap] 1 A pupil, disciple, scholar; śiṣyaste'haṃ śādhi mā tvāṃ prapannaṃ Bg. 2. 7. 2 Anger, passion. 3 Violence, force. Comp. — paraṃparā a succession of pupils. — putraḥ a pupil regarded as a son. — śiṣṭriḥ f. the correction of a pupil.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

śiṣya zu lehren o. zu belehren; m., f. ā Schüler, -in.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

śiṣya śiṣya pf. ps. de śās. — S. m. disciple, élève.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

DYS 2 occurrences
DYS 2–8: Seeking a Teacher 1 occurrence

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DYS 103–105: Students as Obstacle 1 occurrence

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 6.18–6.23: Refuge and Transmission 1 occurrence

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 156–162: Secret and Closure 1 occurrence

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