शिष्यśiṣya

शिष्य (śiṣya) is a Sanskrit word meaning shishta, to be taught, to be instructed, a pupil, scholar, or disciple, a female pupil, passion, anger. Its 14 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them To be taught (Adjective/Gerundive), Pupil / Scholar (Noun), Passion / Anger.

Root: शास् (śās)
Etymology: E. शास to order, aff. क्यप्, and the vowel changed to इ
Definitions: 14

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Meanings by context

To be taught (Adjective/Gerundive)

7 definitions

See 1. shishta.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

to be taught

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

to be instructed

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. To be taught or instructed. 2. A pupil or disciple.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. To be taught or instructed. 2. A scholar or pupil.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. To be taught. 2. A pupil.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. A scholar, pupil, or disciple. 2. Passion, anger, or violence.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Pupil / Scholar (Noun)

5 definitions

1. A pupil, scholar, or disciple. 2. A female pupil.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A pupil or scholar. 2. Passion or anger. 3. Violence.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A pupil or scholar. 2. Passion or violence.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A scholar or pupil. 2. Anger or passion.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A pupil or scholar. 2. Passion or anger. 3. Violence.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Passion / Anger

1 definition

passion, anger

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Violence

1 definition

violence

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.