Shuca, Sūcā, Suca, Śuca, Śucā, Sūca: 15 definitions
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Shuca has 14 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Śuca and Śucā can be transliterated into English as Suca or Shuca, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shucha.
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Sanskrit dictionary
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚuca (शुच):—
1) adj. (f. ā) = śuci [Ṛgveda 10, 26, 6.] —
2) f. ā = śuc Trauer, Kummer: śucāpaha [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 6, 19.] kopāmarṣaśucārpita [4, 10, 4.] madviyogaśucāspada [PAÑCAR. 1, 6, 2.] śucākula [7, 79.]
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Sūca (सूच):—[Uṇādisūtra 4, 93] (eher sūcī gemeint). gaṇa tārakādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 36.] m. = darbhāṅkura [UJJVAL.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Shucadhyai, Shucadratha, Shucahpita, Shucakula, Shucanti, Shucapaha, Shucay, Shucayat.
Full-text (+17): Suc, Shra, Jatapaya, Shucapaha, Anusocana, Anushocita, Sucanem, Kimadhikarana, Gurvi, Antshtha, Anumri, Gurvini, Sucabhinaya, Sucana, Sucita, Nivrittyankura, Narishyanta, Sharira, Samstambh, Ankura.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)
Nṛtta as a division of Āṅgika-abhinaya < [Chapter 1 - Nāṭya]
Jivanandana of Anandaraya Makhin (Study) (by G. D. Jayalakshmi)
Analysis of Viṣūcī (Queen of Rajayakṣmā) < [Chapter 6 - Dramatic aspects of the Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 16.5 < [Chapter 16 - Daivāsura-sampada-yoga]
Verse 18.66 < [Chapter 18 - Mokṣa-yoga (the Yoga of Liberation)]
Verse 3.26 < [Chapter 3 - Karma-yoga (Yoga through the Path of Action)]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Sūrya & Candra dynasty < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.76 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 7.43 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]