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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शम्पाśampāLightning.

    [शम्-प Uṇ.3.28]

    1. Lightning.
    2. A girdle.
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  2. 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].

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शम्पाśampāf. lightning Harav.
    1. feminine lightning Harav.
    2. feminine a girdle ibidem
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  2. वैशम्पायनvaiśampāyanam. (patr. fr. विशम्-प) N. of an ancient sage (teacher of the Taittiri1ya-sam2hita1 तैत्तिरीय-संहिता [q.v.]; in…
    1. masculine gender (patronymic from विशम्-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)
    2. masculine gender of an author catalogue or catalogues
    3. masculine gender of a son of S3uka-na1sa शुक-नास (transformed into a parrot) Ka1d.
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  3. वैशम्पायननीतिसंग्रहvaiśampāyananītisaṃgraham. N. of wk.

    masculine gender Name of work

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  4. वैशम्पायनसंहिताvaiśampāyanasaṃhitāf. N. of wk.

    feminine Name of work

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  5. वैशम्पायनस्मृतिvaiśampāyanasmṛtif. N. of wk.

    feminine Name of work

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  6. वैशम्पायनीयvaiśampāyanīyamfn. of or belonging to Vais3ampa1yana वैशम्पायन Cat.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective of or belonging to Vais3ampa1yana वैशम्पायन catalogue or catalogues

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  7. शम्पाकśampākam. Cathartocarpus Fistula MBh. Sus3r. &c. (perhaps w.r. for शम्याक cf. शम्या)
    1. masculine gender Cathartocarpus Fistula MBh. Sus3r. etc. (perhaps wrong reading for शम्याक confer, compare शम्या)
    2. masculine gender Name of a Bra1hman Brahman MBh.
    3. masculine gender (only Lexicographers) Equivalent to विपाक and यावक (varia lectio वियात and याचक)
    4. masculine gender Equivalent to तर्कक and धृष्ट .
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  8. शम्पातśampātam. Cassia Fistula MW.

    masculine gender Cassia Fistula MW.

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