सिंह
siṃha

Sanskrit noun

Last edited: 2025-09-30
Primary meaning Leo
Literal translation lion
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Leo zodiac sign

सिंहस्तु शैले हृदयप्रदेशः प्रजापतेः पञ्चमम् आहुर् आद्याः।

siṃhas tu śaile hṛdayapradeśaḥ prajāpateḥ pañcamam āhur ādyāḥ|

‘The Lion (Leo) on the mountain is the heart-area of Prajāpati. The ancients called it the fifth sign.’

— Vṛddhayavanajātaka 1.8ab

Genre: astrological treatise
Provenance: India
Date: ca. 300–325 CE

Mak, Bill M. 2018. “The First Two Chapters of Mīnarāja’s Vṛddhayavanajātaka.” Zinbun 48: 1–31.


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APA (7th)
सिंह (Lemma #6344). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6344/

Chicago (Author-Date)
सिंह (Lemma #6344). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6344/

MLA (9th)
सिंह (Lemma #6344). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6344/

Harvard
सिंह (Lemma #6344) (2025) The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6344/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac6344,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	year = {2025},
	title = {सिंह ({Lemma} #6344)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6344/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6344/},
}