Sura, Surā, Sūra, Śūra, Shura: 45 definitions
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Sura has 44 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śūra can be transliterated into English as Sura or Shura, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚura (शुर):—m. Nomen proprium [Mahābhārata 1, 3708] fehlerhaft für śūra, wie die ed. Bomb. liest. Löwe [DHAN.] bei [WILSON.]
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Śūra (शूर):—2. m. fehlerhafte Schreibart für sūra Sonne [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.1,1,99.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 96,] [Scholiast] [Anekārthasaṃgraha.2,464.] [VIŚVA] in [Oxforder Handschriften 188,b,22.]
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Sura (सुर):—(aus asura) [Uṇādisūtra 2, 24] (es könnte auch surā gemeint sein) m.
1) ein Gott [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 2.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 88.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 3.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 469.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 99.] [Halāyudha 1, 4. 119.] [MAITRYUP. 1, 4. 6, 35] [?(S. 187). YOGATATTVOP. in Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 49. Mahābhārata 1, 1109. 3, 2116. Harivaṃśa 2451. 2514.] surāpratigrahāddevāḥ surā ityabhiviśrutāḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 45, 38 (46, 28 Gorresio).] gaṇāḥ [?60,16. 63,1. Raghuvaṃśa.3,56. ad Śākuntala 193. Vikramorvaśī 48. Spr. (II) 7193. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 12,1. 43,3. Pañcatantra III,69. Kathāsaritsāgara 23,76. Brahmapurāṇa in Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 52,10. Bhāgavatapurāṇa.1,12,6. Oxforder Handschriften 78,b,37. Dhūrtasamāgama 85,11.] surāṇāṃ hantā N. eines best. Feuers, eines Sohnes des Tapas, [Mahābhārata 3, 14168.] —
2) Bez. der Zahl dreiunddreissig [GAṆIT.] [KAKṢĀDHY. 5.] —
3) ein Gelehrter. —
4) die Sonne [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [WILSON.] —
5) [Mahābhārata 13, 4108] fehlerhaft für svara (so ed. Bomb.). — Vgl. bhū, mahī .
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Starts with (+732): Shurabala, Shurabhogeshvara, Shurabhu, Shurabhumi, Shuradanta, Shuradatta, Shuraditya, Shuragrama, Shurajima, Shuraka, Shurakita, Shurakuta, Shuramanin, Shuramatha, Shuramgama, Shuramgamasamadhinirdesha, Shuramgamasamadhisutra, Shurammanya, Shuramurdhamaya, Shurangama.
Ends with (+206): Abhasura, Acchasura, Adishura, Aghasura, Agrasura, Alamkarasura, Amdhasura, Anantamukhadevasuranetrasura, Andhakasura, Anuttarasura, Arambhashura, Arishtasura, Aryashura, Asahayashura, Ashvakshura, Asura, Ati-ussura, Atishura, Atmavatashura, Attasura.
Full-text (+818): Surasava, Danashura, Surapaga, Suramana, Surajivin, Shurasena, Mukhasura, Suradvipa, Suratoshaka, Suradhipa, Surasuta, Surashatru, Shurapura, Surapita, Suradhvaja, Surakara, Suragriha, Suravairin, Pindishura, Surapana.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Notes on the renouncement of intoxicating drinks < [Section I.5 - Abstention from liquor]
II. Beings to be established in the six perfections < [Part 3 - Establishing beings in the six perfections]
Part 1 - Various kinds of drinks < [Section I.5 - Abstention from liquor]
Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 9 - Churning of the ocean for Nectar
Chapter 10 - Manifestation of Mohinī
Chapter 15 - Festivities in honour of the marriage of Lalitā with Kāmeśvara
The Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
Wine (alcoholic drinks) < [Chapter 2]
Types of Ornaments < [Chapter 2]
Superstitions Related to House-holders < [Chapter 2]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 44 - The Greatness of the Name Padmāvatī < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 17 - Apsareśvara (apsara-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]
Chapter 56 - Revanteśvara (revanta-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 9: Story of Ratnavatī and Anaṅgasiṃha < [Chapter I - Previous incarnations of Ariṣṭanemi (Nemi)]
Part 4: Third incarnation as Citragati < [Chapter I - Previous incarnations of Ariṣṭanemi (Nemi)]
Part 3: Kunthu’s parents (king Śūra and queen Śrī) < [Chapter I - Śrī Kunthusvāmicaritra]