Shurpa, Śūrpa, Surpa, Sūrpa: 15 definitions
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Shurpa has 15 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śūrpa can be transliterated into English as Surpa or Shurpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚūrpa (शूर्प):—
1) sūrpe ca sarṣapo yathā [PAÑCAR. 2, 2, 99.] viśvaṃ sarṣapavatsarpasyaikadeśe (so gedr.) [33.]
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Starts with (+6): Shurpadri, Shurpagraha, Shurpagramaka, Shurpaka, Shurpakara, Shurpakarati, Shurpakari, Shurpakarna, Shurpakarnaputa, Shurpakarni, Shurpakhari, Shurpanakha, Shurpanakhi, Shurpanaya, Shurpanayiya, Shurpanishpava, Shurpankha, Shurpaputa, Shurparaka, Shurparakashatshashti.
Ends with: Adhyardhashurpa, Dvishurpa, Shalishurpa, Shatashurpa.
Full-text (+54): Dvishurpa, Adhyardhashurpa, Shurpanakha, Shurpashruti, Shurpakarna, Shaurpa, Suppa, Shurpadri, Shurpavata, Shurpaka, Shurpakhari, Shurpanaya, Shurpanayiya, Shurpakarnaputa, Shurpanakhi, Shurpagraha, Shatashurpa, Shurpaputa, Surpaparni, Shurpavina.
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