Shurapura, Sura-pura, Surapura, Śūrapura, Shura-pura: 8 definitions
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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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚūrapura (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.]
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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Full-text (+14): Surapuri, Shashthyarthadarpana, Anandataratamyakhandana, Shivadityamanidipikakhandana, Upadanatvasamarthana, Prachannabrahmavadanirakarana, Tatparyadarpana, Harigunamanidarpana, Surapura shrinivasa acarya, Shashthidarpana, Kanakaketu, Aryabrahma, Banasuravijaya, Shringaratarangini, Shantimati, Vaitarani, Vedantakaustubha, Mahavaraha, Kheta, Mayapuri.
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