Shuraka, Śūraka, Surāka: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śūraka can be transliterated into English as Suraka or Shuraka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚūraka (शूरक):—m. Nomen proprium v. l. für śūdraka [Viṣṇupurāṇa 472,] [Nalopākhyāna 39.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde 2, 759.]
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Suraka (सुरक):—(von surā) adj. = surāprakāra, surāvarṇa von einer Schlange gaṇa sthūlādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 3] und [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu d. St.
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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Ends with: Gokshuraka, Ikshuraka, Kshudragokshuraka, Kshuraka, Kumarishvashuraka, Makshuraka, Nabhahshuraka, Pratishuraka, Shvashuraka.
Full-text: Suraka woni.
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