Shurapura, Sura-pura, Surapura, Śūrapura, Shura-pura: 9 definitions

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Shurapura means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Shurapura has 8 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Śūrapura can be transliterated into English as Surapura or Shurapura, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[Deutsch Wörterbuch]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Śūrapura (शूरपुर):—n. Nomen proprium einer Stadt [Kathāsaritsāgara 52, 92. 56, 81.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 227. 5, 39. 7, 1261. 1365. 1368. 1533. 8, 1268. 1406.]

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Surapura (सुरपुर):—n. die Stadt der Götter, Amarāvatī [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 34.] purī f. dass. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 60.]

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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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