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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for त्रिशङ्कु

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

त्रिशङ्कुtriśaṅkum. N. of a sage TUp. i, 10
1. masculine gender Name of a sage TUp. i, 10
2. masculine gender of a king of Ayodhya1 अयोध्या (aspiring to ascend to heaven in his mortal body, he first requested Vasisht2ha वसिष्ठ to perform a great sacrifice for him; on Vasisht2ha वसिष्ठ 's refusing he applied to Vasisht2ha वसिष्ठ 's hundred sons, who cursed and degraded him to the rank of a Can2d2a1la चण्डाल [hence called a Can2d2a1la चण्डाल king DivyA7v. xxxiii]; Vis3va1-mitra विश्वा-मित्र then undertook the sacrifice for him and invited all the gods, who declined to come and thereby so enraged the sage that, by his own power, he transported T Tris3an3ku त्रिशङ्कु to heaven; on his being hurled down again head foremost by the gods, he was arrested in his course by Vis3va1-mitra विश्वा-मित्र and remained suspended in the sky, forming the southern cross constellation R. i, 57 (59 G) ff. [son of Pr2ithu पृथु]; Hariv. 730 ff. and VP. iv, 3, 13 feminine [son of Trayya1run2a त्रय्यारुण]; [son of Tri-bandhana त्रि-बन्धन] BhP. ix, 7) MBh. i, xiii etc.
3. masculine gender a cat Lexicographers
4. masculine gender the civet-cat Npr.
5. masculine gender a grasshopper Lexicographers
6. masculine gender a fire-fly Lexicographers
7. masculine gender Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedङ्ख Lexicographers
8. masculine gender Name of a mythical mountain DivyA7v. viii, 293 ff.
9. feminine Name of a mythical river 223 and 295
10. feminine (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedकुका) 298
11. masculine gender plural Name of thorns 293
Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

त्रिशङ्कुtriśaṅku[tri-saṅku] m. N. of an ancient sage and of a king of Ayodhyâ, raised to the stars as the Southern Cross:…

[tri-saṅku] masculine noun of an ancient sage and of a king of Ayodhyâ, raised to the stars as the Southern Cross: -tilaka, adjective adorned with the Southern Cross: â dis, feminine; also equal forEquivalent tothe South; -satá, adjective 103; 300; 300th; consisting of 300; neuter 300; -sâkha, adjective having three branches; -sikha, adjective three-crested, three-pronged, shap ed like a trident; neuter trident; -sikhara, adjective three-peaked; -siras, adjective three-headed; three-peaked; masculine noun of a Rishi with the patrony mic Tvâshtra, reputed author of Rig-veda X, viii; noun of a Râkshasa slain by Râma; -sîrsha, -sîr shán, adjective three-headed; -sûla, neuter trident; adjective wielding the trident (Siva).

Source: Macdonell

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