Saura, Śaura, Shaura: 20 definitions
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Saura has 19 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śaura can be transliterated into English as Saura or Shaura, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shaur.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSaura (सौर):—1. (von surā) adj. aus Branntwein bestehend u. s. w. [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 14, 2, 4. 3, 20. 19, 2, 6.] [VAIT. 30.]
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Saura (सौर):—2. (von sūrya)
1) adj. (f. ī) zur Sonne oder zum Sonnengott in Beziehung stehend, ihm gehörend, daher kommend u. s. w., solaris: agni [MAITRYUP. 6, 2.] dvāra 30. vāc [BṚHADD.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 119.] dhāman [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 122.] tejas [Mahābhārata 12, 12569.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 27, 34.] prabhā [Kathāsaritsāgara 34, 101.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 15, 40.] mātaraḥ [Mahābhārata 9, 2656.] vapus [Harivaṃśa 15591.] ratha [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.5,21,12.] [Oxforder Handschriften 48,b,12.] nāḍī [Raghuvaṃśa 10, 59.] kha [Pañcatantra III, 187.] astra [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 30, 16] (śaura [SCHL. 29, 18]). vaṃśa [22, 2.] gaṇa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 11, 27.] diktaṭa [Oxforder Handschriften 73,b,3.] sparśāḥ [104, 34.] māsa, divasa, māna (auch n. mit Ergänzung dieses Wortes) u.s.w. [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 24. 55. 92. fg. 107.] [Nakṣ. 2, 281. 358.] [Sūryasiddhānta 1, 13. 14, 3.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 2, S. 4, Z. 4. 7.] [GOLĀDHY.] [MADHYAG. 10. fgg. 17.] [GAṆIT.] [KĀLAM. 19,] Comm. mantrāḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch.5,86.] [Oxforder Handschriften 279,b,46.] dharmāḥ [30,b,17.] sūkta [398,a, No. 144.] veda [Mahābhārata 3, 10812.] purāṇa, upapurāṇa [Oxforder Handschriften.8,a,9. 65,b,6. 13. 80,a,6. 279,b,45.] [Weber’s Indische Studien.1,18,19.] [BURNOUF,] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa I, LXXXIII.] saṃhitā [Oxforder Handschriften.8,a,11.] gaṇita [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 939.] siddhānta [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 2, S. 4, Z. 1.] [ 43.] —
2) m. a) Verehrer —, Anbeter der Sonne [Mahābhārata.7,2926.] [Oxforder Handschriften 16,a, Nalopākhyāna 1. 248,b,10. 258,b,11.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 86,6.] [Colebrooke.1,196. 199.] [WILSON, Sel. Works 1,19. 28. 33. 266.] — b) der Sohn der Sonne, der Planet Saturn [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 120,] [Scholiast] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 68. 10, 4. 17, 14. 19. 69, 2. 103, 7. 104, 45.] [BṚH. 2, 5.] [LAGHUJ. 2, 2. 11.] als Verfasser von Gebeten bei den Tāntrika [Oxforder Handschriften 101,a,28.] — c) Name des 20ten Kalpa; s. u. kalpa
2) d). — d) Koriander [DHANV. 2, 22.] [Bhāvaprakāśa 5.] —
3) f. ī a) patron. der Tapatī, der Mutter Kuru's, [Mahābhārata 1, 3738]; st. dessen vaivasvatī [3791.] — b) eine best. Pflanze, = ādityabhaktā [Rājanirghaṇṭa 4, 182.] —
4) n. a) eine Sammlung von Gebeten an die Sonne [Oxforder Handschriften 298,b, No. 276.] Titel eines best. Werkes (wohl so v. a. sauraṃ purāṇam) Comm. zu [Kapila 1, 19.] bṛhatsauram Name eines Sāman [Weber’s Indische Studien.3,238,b.] — Vgl. saurya .
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Starts with (+88): Cauram, Cauramacam, Cauramanam, Saura Varsha, Saura-gach, Saurab, Saurabh, Saurabha, Saurabhaka, Saurabhamgedu, Saurabhasamhita, Saurabhaveru, Saurabheya, Saurabheyaka, Saurabheyatantra, Saurabheyi, Saurabhi, Saurabhuvana, Saurabhya, Saurabhyada.
Ends with: Anusaura, Dasaura, Gasaura, Gatsaura, Harasaura, Kashe saura, Katsaura, Kshaura, Mahasaura, Mukhakshaura, Nasaura, Nisaura, Parama-saura, Wagsaura.
Full-text (+130): Saurasiddhanta, Sauraja, Shaddarshana, Sauranakta, Sauram, Sauraloka, Sauramasa, Saurasaindhava, Shaurasenika, Shauradevya, Shaurasenya, Cauram, Shaurasena, Saurapara, Sauramantra, Saurasamhita, Saurapata, Saurapurana, Sauraganitadvadashahoraprakasha, Sauradharmottara.
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Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 10 - Growth of the Purāṇic Texts for Propitiating the Sun-god < [Chapter 3 - General Characteristics of the Purāṇic Religion and its Link with the Vedic Tradition]
Sun-worship Vratas (46) Śarkarā-saptamī < [Chapter 5 - Rituals Related to the Sun-Worship in the Purāṇas]
Part 1 - Eulogy of the Sun-god in the Purāṇas < [Chapter 4 - Vedic Influence on the Sun-Worship in the Purāṇas]
Bhagavatpadabhyudaya by Lakshmana Suri (study) (by Lathika M. P.)
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Tāntric Measures < [Chapter 3 - References to Śaṅkara’s Philosophy]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 8.70.15 < [Sukta 70]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 273 - Reckoning of Yugas < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 199 - The Greatness of Āśvina Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 33 - Dvārakā as an abode to all regions and places of pilgrimage < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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