Simha

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Simha called

Siṃha, Sanskrit , Pali : "lion"
- derived from this Hindi : Singh
- as the name of the Sinhalese : Sinha
Simhasana ("lion seat"), a certain posture ( asana ) in yoga
Simhasana, seat of the gods (altar) or ruler's throne in South India
Siṃha vaṃsa ( vaṃsa , "tribe, origin"), Indo-Aryan immigrants to Sri Lanka around 500
Simha-vyala, a yali with a lion head, guardian figure in Hindu mythology
Narasimha ("man-lion"), an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu

Simha is part of the name of the following people from India:

several South Indian Pallava kings up to the 7th century
Vijaya Simha (1128–1155), king of the Lohara dynasty in Kashmir

Simha , derived from the Hebrew Simcha , is part of the name of:

Simha Arom (* 1930), French-Israeli ethnomusicologist
Simha Assaf (1889–1953), Israeli historian
Simha Flapan (1911–1987), Israeli historian and politician
Simha Luzzatto, see Simone Luzzatto (1582–1663), rabbi in the ghetto of the Republic of Venice

Simha Pratt (1916-2003), Israeli diplomat

See also

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