Shurpanakha, Surpanakha, Śūrpaṇakhā, Shurpa-nakha: 21 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śūrpaṇakhā can be transliterated into English as Surpanakha or Shurpanakha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shurpankha.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚūrpaṇakhā (शूर्पणखा):—(śūrpa + nakha) f. Nomen proprium [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 58. 8, 4, 3.] einer Rākṣasī, einer Schwester Rāvaṇa’s, [Śabdamālā] und [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] [Mahābhārata 3, 15896. 15900.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 44. fg. (48] [Gorresio). 3, 23, 12. 6, 108, 35. 7, 9, 35.] [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 38.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 536.] ṇakhī (gegen [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 58]) [Śabdamālā] und [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 82, 103. fg.] [BHĀG.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 9, 10, 4.] Hier und da fälschlich śūrpanakhā geschrieben.
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Partial matches: Shurpa, Nakha.
Full-text (+14): Paulasti, Raka, Kaikasi, Vishravas, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana, Ravana, Shurpi, Candranakha, Nasika, Shleshmaka, Bibhishana, Vrishasyanti, Ayomukhi, Bhanukarna, Shurpankha, Mahamali, Ilibila, Prithugriva, Khara.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.18.3 < [Chapter 18 - Uddhava Hears the Gopīs’ Words and Returns to Mathurā]
Verse 5.18.5 < [Chapter 18 - Uddhava Hears the Gopīs’ Words and Returns to Mathurā]
Verse 5.11.10 < [Chapter 11 - The Stories of Kubjā and Kuvalayāpīḍa]
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 17 - The arrival of Shurpanakha at the Hermitage < [Book 3 - Aranya-kanda]
Chapter 18 - The Mutilation of Shurpanakha < [Book 3 - Aranya-kanda]
Chapter 20 - Rama slays the Demons sent by Khara < [Book 3 - Aranya-kanda]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Authority < [April – June 1992]
Surpanakhamka < [September 1943]
Sri Rama: The Highest Ideal of Indian Manhood < [January 1970]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 7 - Manifestation of Viṣṇu as Rāma (part 3)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
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