शशयान

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

ŚAŚAYĀNA   A sacred place. In the waters of river Sarasvatī at this place the full moon reflects in the form of a śaśa (hare). A bath here will make a man as bright and lustrous as the moon. [Vana Parva, Chapter 82, Verse 114] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शश—यान  n.  1. n. (for 2. See col.3) N. of a place of pilgrimage, [MBh.]

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शश यान

शशयान  mfn.  2. mfn. ( pf. p. of √ 1. शी; for 1. शश-य्° See col.1) lying, reposing, sleeping (= शिश्यान), [RV.]