Surocana, Surocanā: 5 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Surochana.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSurocana (सुरोचन):—
1) adj. zur Erklärung von surukma [Yāska’s Nirukta 8, 11.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Yajñabāhu und n. Name des von ihm beherrschten Varṣa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 20, 9.] —
3) f. ā Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2647.]
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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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 37 - Bhuvanakośa: Evolution of the Universe < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
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