the wife of Indra
N. of the wife of Indra (derived fr. शची-पति (śacī-pati), q.v.), Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra (Title) ; Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ID=211711]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
शचीśacī
शची (śacī) is a Sanskrit word meaning powerful help or assistance, kindness, favour, grace, skill, dexterity, speech, power of speech, eloquence, the wife of Indra, of the authoress of the Rig-veda. Its 15 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them The Goddess Śacī, wife of Indra, Power, Might, Divine Aid, Speech, Eloquence.
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Meanings by context
The Goddess Śacī, wife of Indra
5 definitions
of the authoress of the Rig-veda
of the authoress of Ṛg-veda (Title) x, 159 (having the patr. Paulomi), Anukramaṇikās (Literary category) [ID=211712]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the wife of Indra
शची (śacī) [Printed book page 706-08]
शची (śacī)(चि) (śacī(ci)) f. Name of the wife of Indra, R. iii.13, 23. [ID=36948]
शची (śacī)(चि) (śacī(ci)) f. Name of the wife of Indra, R. iii.13, 23. [ID=36948]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
the queen of Indra, daughter of Puloman and mother of Jayanta
शची (śacī) [Printed book page 180-2]
Śacī, the queen of Indra, daughter of Puloman and mother of
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Śacī, the queen of Indra, daughter of Puloman and mother of
Jayanta. § 71 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇap.): I, 61, 2274 (iva
Mahendreṇa).—§ 132 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2791 (Draupadī
was born from a portion of Ś.).—§ 222 (Tapatyup.): I, 173,
6631 (yathā Śacyā Marutpatiḥ).—§ 266 (Śakrasabhāv.): II,
7, 286 (Mahendrāṇyā, in the palace of Indra).—§ 270
(Brahmasabhāv.): II, 10, 459 (in the palace of Brahmán).
—§ 338 (Indralokābhigamanap.): III, 46, 1854 (yathendrāṇī,
C. has Saśī), 1862 (yathā).—§ 344 (Nalop.): III, 53, 2082
(iva).—§ 345 (do.): III, 57, 2233 (Śacyeva Balavṛtrahā).—
§ 391 (Ṛṣyaśṛṅga): III, 113, 10092 (yathā Śacī Vajra-
dharasya).—§ 394 (Arjuna Kārtavīrya): III, 115, 10141
(°sahayaṃ Vāsavaṃ; S°, C.).—§ 443 (Nivātakavaca-
yuddhap.): III, 168, 12003 (°sahayaḥ, sc. Indra).—§ 555c
(Indravijaya): V, 11, 360 (Ś. says to Bṛhaspati: “You
always say, O brahman, that I have got on my person all the
auspicious marks, being the favourite queen of the divine king;
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that I am chaste, devoted to my lord, and destined never to
become a widow”); 12, 389, 390; 13, 423 (devī); 14, 440;
15, 446.—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 55, 2198 (in order to
gratify Ś. Indra asked Karṇa for his earrings).—§ 564
(Mātalīyop.): V, 104, 3651 (Vāsavasya Śacīm iva).—§ 565
(Gālavac.): V, 117, 3967 (yathā Śacyāñ ca Vāsavaḥ).—§ 599
(Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 94ε, 3452.—§ 615u (Skanda):
IX, 45γ, 2515 (came to the investiture of Skanda).—§ 717b
(Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 343, VII), ††13214—17.—§ 768b (Umā-
Maheśvarasaṃv.): XIII, 146γ, 6750 (Kauśikasya C°ī satī).
Cf. also the following synonyms:—
Śakrāṇī: V, 364, 367.
Indrāṇī, “queen of Indra”: I, 7351; III, 1854 (yathā
…Śacī); IV, 259; V, 376, 377, 379, 383, 389 (Śakrasya
mahiṣīṃ priyāṃ), 392, 395, 399, 406, 429, 432, 438, 440,
454; XII, ††13216.
Mahendrāṇī, “queen of the great Indra”: II, 286
(Śacyā); III, 1677; V, 547.
Paulomī, “daughter of Puloman”: I, 4472 (Jayantam
iva Paulomī), 8025 (do.); III, 12563 (Maghavān iva P°yā),
16570 (Mahendra iva P°yā).
[ID=2183]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
daughter of Puloma, consort of Indra, and mother of Jayanta
शची (śacī) [Printed book page 3-367]
Śacī — a daughter of Puloma, consort of Indra and mother of Jayanta. Br. II. 13. 79; III 6. 23; M. 6. 21; Vā. 68. 22, 24. [ID=13985]
Śacī — a daughter of Puloma, consort of Indra and mother of Jayanta. Br. II. 13. 79; III 6. 23; M. 6. 21; Vā. 68. 22, 24. [ID=13985]
— The Purana Index
Power, Might, Divine Aid
4 definitions
powerful help or assistance
(H2) [Printed book page 1048,1]
शची (śacī) f. the rendering of powerful or mighty help, assistance, aid (esp. said of the deeds of Indra and the Aśvins, instr. शच्या (śacyā) and शची (śacī)भिस् (śacībhis), often = ‘mightily’ or ‘helpfully’), Ṛg-veda (Title) [ID=211707]
शची (śacī) f. the rendering of powerful or mighty help, assistance, aid (esp. said of the deeds of Indra and the Aśvins, instr. शच्या (śacyā) and शची (śacī)भिस् (śacībhis), often = ‘mightily’ or ‘helpfully’), Ṛg-veda (Title) [ID=211707]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. Might or powerful aid. 2. Favour or grace. 3. Skill. 4. Indra's wife.
शची (śacī) [Printed book page 306-3]
शची (śacī) śác-ī, f. [√śac] sg. & pl. might,
powerful aid (mostly of Indra or the Aśvins:
RV.); favour, grace (V.); skill (V.); Indraʼs
wife (C.); -tīrtha, m. N. of a Tīrtha; -nara,
m. N. of a king; (śácī) -páti, m. lord of might
(of Indra or the Aśvins; V.); spouse of Śacī,
Indra (C.): —° with a word meaning earth
= lord; -ramaṇa, m. lover of Śacī, Indra. [ID=17455]
शची (śacī) śác-ī, f. [√śac] sg. & pl. might,
powerful aid (mostly of Indra or the Aśvins:
RV.); favour, grace (V.); skill (V.); Indraʼs
wife (C.); -tīrtha, m. N. of a Tīrtha; -nara,
m. N. of a king; (śácī) -páti, m. lord of might
(of Indra or the Aśvins; V.); spouse of Śacī,
Indra (C.): —° with a word meaning earth
= lord; -ramaṇa, m. lover of Śacī, Indra. [ID=17455]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Might or help. 2. The wife of Indra.
शची (śacī) [Printed book page 535]
शची (śacī) f. might or help, personif. as the wife of Indra. [ID=31659]
शची (śacī) f. might or help, personif. as the wife of Indra. [ID=31659]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Might or help. 2. Shachi, the wife of Indra.
शची (śacī) [Printed book page 255-a]
śácī, f.
—1. might or help (esp. of the helping deeds of Indra);
—2. Śachī or Might, as wife of Indra (derived from the misunderstood śacī-pati, q. v.), 27. [√śac, collateral form of śak.] [ID=4094]
śácī, f.
—1. might or help (esp. of the helping deeds of Indra);
—2. Śachī or Might, as wife of Indra (derived from the misunderstood śacī-pati, q. v.), 27. [√śac, collateral form of śak.] [ID=4094]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
Speech, Eloquence
2 definitions
speech, power of speech, eloquence
speech, power of speech, eloquence, Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska (subtitle) [ID=211710]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. Speech or eloquence. 2. Activity, diligence, or energy. 3. Power, strength, or action. 4. A holy act or devotion. 5. The wife of Indra. 6. The plant Asparagus racemosus. 7. The astronomical period named Vishti.
शची (śacī) [Printed book page 0989-a]
Śacī, f. speech, power of speech, eloquence (= vāc, Naigh. I. 11); activity, diligence, energy, skilfulness (= prajñā, Naigh. III. 9); power, strength, action, exploit, (Sāy. and Naigh. II. 1 = karma); any holy act, devotion; N. of the wife of Indra, (in the pre- ceding senses chiefly Ved.); the plant Asparagus Racemosus; the astronomical Karaṇa or period named Viṣṭi; Śacī Paulomī is given as the authoress of the hymn Ṛg-veda X. 159. —Śacī-nara, as, m., N. of a king of Kaśmīra. —Śacī-pati, is, m. ‘lord of power,’ or ‘husband of Śacī,’ epithet of Indra; (ī), m. du. ‘lords of pious acts,’ epithet of the Aśvins (Ved.) —Śacī-vat, ān, atī, at, Ved. possessing power, strong, (Sāy. = karma-vat); wise, (Sāy. = prajñā-vat); (ān), m. epithet of Indra, (śacīvas, voc. c. ‘O powerful one.’) —Śacī-vasu, us, us, u, Ved. rich or abounding in strength, en- riched by holy rites. [ID=46037]
Śacī, f. speech, power of speech, eloquence (= vāc, Naigh. I. 11); activity, diligence, energy, skilfulness (= prajñā, Naigh. III. 9); power, strength, action, exploit, (Sāy. and Naigh. II. 1 = karma); any holy act, devotion; N. of the wife of Indra, (in the pre- ceding senses chiefly Ved.); the plant Asparagus Racemosus; the astronomical Karaṇa or period named Viṣṭi; Śacī Paulomī is given as the authoress of the hymn Ṛg-veda X. 159. —Śacī-nara, as, m., N. of a king of Kaśmīra. —Śacī-pati, is, m. ‘lord of power,’ or ‘husband of Śacī,’ epithet of Indra; (ī), m. du. ‘lords of pious acts,’ epithet of the Aśvins (Ved.) —Śacī-vat, ān, atī, at, Ved. possessing power, strong, (Sāy. = karma-vat); wise, (Sāy. = prajñā-vat); (ān), m. epithet of Indra, (śacīvas, voc. c. ‘O powerful one.’) —Śacī-vasu, us, us, u, Ved. rich or abounding in strength, en- riched by holy rites. [ID=46037]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
A type of coitus
1 definition
a kind of sexual intercourse
a kind of coitus, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=211714]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Kindness, Favour, Grace
1 definition
kindness, favour, grace
kindness, favour, grace, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) ; Atharva-veda (Title) ; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa (Title) [ID=211708]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Skill, Dexterity
1 definition
skill, dexterity
[Printed book page 1048,2]
skill, dexterity, Ṛg-veda (Title) ; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) [ID=211709]
skill, dexterity, Ṛg-veda (Title) ; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) [ID=211709]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
The plant Asparagus Racemosus
1 definition
Asparagus Racemosus
Asparagus Racemosus, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=211713]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 8 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.