Sharmishtha

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Sharmishtha

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Borrowed from Sanskrit शर्मिष्ठा (śarmiṣṭhā).

proper noun

  1. Hinduism The daughter of the danava King Vrishparva and the wife of King Yayati.
  2. Cassiopeia constellation.
  3. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

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name Cassiopeia constellation

हिन्दीशर्मिष्ठा śarmiṣṭhā

name an ancestor of Pandavas and Yadavas in Mahabharata

हिन्दीशर्मिष्ठा śarmiṣṭhā

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@misc{sharmishtha_2026,
  title = {Sharmishtha},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sharmishtha},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}