Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (vī f.) [śivo devatā'sya aṇ] Relating to the god Śiva. vaḥ 1 N. of one of the three principal Hindu sects.
2 A member of the Śaiva sect.
3 The thorn-apple. vaṃ N. of one of the eighteen Purāṇas.
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Dictionary meanings for śaiva from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (I) n. (fr. śiva) relating or belonging or sacred to the god S3iva śiva, coming or derived from S3iva śiva R.; Katha1s.; Pur. &c 1090,2 221226 m. patr. fr. śiva Pa1n2. 4-1, 112 1090,2 221227 m. a worshipper or follower of S3iva śiva, N. of one of the three great divisions of modern Hindu1ism Hinduism (the other two being the Vaishn2avas vEzRava s and S3a1ktas SAkta s, qq. vv.; the S3aivas SEva s identify S3iva...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
n. a kind of aquatic plant, Blyxa Octandra L. 139159 1090,3 221276 mn. (ifc. f (A). cf. śevala), Blyxa Octandra (a kind of duck-weed or green moss-like plant growing in pools and often alluded to in poetry) MBh.; Hariv.; Ka1v. &c 1090,3 221277 m. N. of a mountain R. 1090,3 221278 m. of a serpent-demon Buddh. 1090,3 221279
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
w.r. for śaiba. 139170 1090,3 221294
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