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Results for शम्पा
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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
वैशम्पायनvaiśampāyanaN. of a celebrated pupil of Vyāsa; जनमे- जयेन पृष्टः सन् ब्राह्मणैश्च सहस्रशः । शशास शिष्यमासीनं वैशम्पायन-…
Name of a celebrated pupil of Vyāsa; जनमे- जयेन पृष्टः सन् ब्राह्मणैश्च सहस्रशः । शशास शिष्यमासीनं वैशम्पायन- मन्तिके ॥ Mb. [It was he who made Yājñavalkya 'disgorge the whole of the Yajurveda he had learnt from him which was picked up by his other pupils in the form of Tittiris or partridges; and hence the Veda was called 'Taittirīya'. Vaīśampāyana was celebrated for his great skill in narrating Purāṇas, and is said to have recounted the whole of the Mahābhārata to king Janamejaya].
वैशम्पायनvaiśampāyanam. (patr. fr. विशम्-प) N. of an ancient sage (teacher of the Taittiri1ya-sam2hita1 तैत्तिरीय-संहिता [q.v.]; in…
masculine gender (patronymicfromविशम्-प) Name of an ancient sage (teacher of the Taittiri1ya-sam2hita1 तैत्तिरीय-संहिता [quod vide]; in epic poetry a pupil of Vya1sa व्यास and also the narrator of the Maha1-bha1rata महा-भारत to Janam-ejaya जनम्-एजय) Gr2S. TA1r. etc. (confer, compare IW. 371 neuter gender 1)
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masculine gender of a son of S3uka-na1sa शुक-नास (transformed into a parrot) Ka1d.