Surashtra, 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补, Su-rashtra: 19 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 can be transliterated into English as Surastra or Surashtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�).鈥擜 western kingdom visited by Vidura from the Sarasvat墨. Its king attacked the eastern side of Gomanta with Jar腻sandha.*
- * Bh腻gavata-pur腻峁嘺 II. 16. 62; Matsya-pur腻峁嘺 163. 72. Bh腻gavata-pur腻峁嘺 III. 1. 24; X 52. 11 [5].
1b) Of the south.*
- * V腻yu-pur腻峁嘺 45. 131.
厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) is a name mentioned in the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (cf. III.86.16, VI.10.47, V.72.14, VIII.30.73) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (mentioning 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 艣濒辞办补蝉 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) refers to an ancient country which should be shunned, according to the 10th century 厂补耻谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺: one of the various Upapur腻峁嘺s depicting 艢aivism.鈥擨t looks upon Kuruk峁tra, Matsya, P腻帽c腻la and Surasena as holy countries where Dharma is practiced. It advises people to shun A峁単a, Va峁単a, Kali峁単a, 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补, Gurjara, 膧bhira, Kau峁卥a峁嘺, Dravi岣峚, Dak峁峁嚹錺atha, 膧ndhra and Magadha.鈥�(cf. verses 17.54-59) Thus it appears that this Pur腻峁嘺 was written somewhere about the north-western part of northern India.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Arthashastra (politics and welfare)
: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions (artha)厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�).鈥擨n Kau峁璱lya鈥檚 Artha艣腻stra, 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补s are mentioned as one of the corporations of warriors who lived by agriculture and trade. According to the Artha艣腻stra the elephants of 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 were inferior to those belonging to A峁単a and Kali峁単a.
Arthashastra (啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, artha艣腻stra) literature concerns itself with the teachings (shastra) of economic prosperity (artha) statecraft, politics and military tactics. The term arthashastra refers to both the name of these scientific teachings, as well as the name of a Sanskrit work included in such literature. This book was written (3rd century BCE) by by Kautilya, who flourished in the 4th century BCE.
Kavya (poetry)
: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) is the name a locality mentioned in 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补鈥檚 10th-century K腻vyam墨m腻峁僺腻.鈥擪a峁環i腻w腻岣� and other portion of northern most Gujarat.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) [=Sau谤腻峁ａ弓谤补] refers to a country (identified with Surat), belonging to 鈥淣air峁泃墨 (south-western division)鈥� classified under the constellations of Sv腻ti, Vi艣腻kh腻 and Anur腻dh腻, according to the system of 碍奴谤尘补惫颈产丑腻驳补, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it腻 (chapter 14), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var腻hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he countries of the Earth beginning from the centre of Bh腻ratavar峁 and going round the east, south-east, south, etc., are divided into 9 divisions corresponding to the 27 lunar asterisms at the rate of 3 for each division and beginning from K峁泃tik腻. The constellations of Sv腻ti, Vi艣腻kh腻 and Anur腻dh腻 represent the south-western division consisting of [i.e., 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补] [...]鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) (in Chinese: Sieou-lo-tch'a) refers to one of the fifty-five kingdoms enumerated in chapter 17 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mah腻sa峁僴ip腻ta-s奴tra, a large compilation of S奴tras (texts) in Mah腻y腻na Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.鈥擨n the Candragarbhas奴tra, the Bhagavat invites all classes of Gods and Deities to protect the Law [dharma?] and the faithful in their respective districts.鈥擨n 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补, the following deities are appointed (among others): The Devaputra Dharmapu峁a; the Gandharva K腻mada [?]; the Kinnarar峁 Giribhaya [?]; the N腻gar腻ja Nanda; the Asura Gardabh腻k峁 [?]; the Yak峁 Sud墨pa [?]; the Kumbh腻峁囜笉a Mahodara [?].
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah腻y腻na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽腻p腻ramit腻 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra1) 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) is the name of an ancient country, according to chapter 2.4 [补箩颈迟补苍腻迟丑补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al腻k腻puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly:鈥斺��'Then the King set out following the path of the cakra-jewel to the west, obscuring the sun by the dust of the army. [...]; reducing to submission the 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补s fierce like their country, [...] the King gradually arrived at the shore of the western ocean. After he had established camp, concentrating on Prabh腻sa, observing a three days鈥� fast, he began 辫补耻峁诲丑补 in the 辫补耻峁诲丑补-house. [...]鈥�.
2) 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) is the name of an ancient king of S腻ketapura, according to chapter 4.7 [sanatkum腻ra-cakrin-caritra].
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) is place name ending in 搁腻峁ａ弓谤补 mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by 艢r墨 Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 is used in plural while in it is [also] an adjective of avani (land). 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 corresponds with Southern Kathiawar with its Prakrit name Sora峁環. Literally the name means a good country. It was so named probably on account of the naturalfertility of the land, Sorath is well known for rich crops of all kinds, and splendid cattle. 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 is mentioned in the Jun腻ga峁沨 Rock Inscription of Rudrad腻man I (A.D. 150). It was governed by Pu峁agupta, under Candragupta Maurya and by a Yavana Tu峁Ｄ錽pa under A艣oka.
The Pur腻峁嘺s and the K腻vyam墨m腻峁僺腻 mention 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 as a country in the west while the B峁沨atsa峁僪it腻 mentions it as a country in the South. It may be due to the different geographical units made by the authors of the K腻vyam墨m腻峁僺腻 and the B峁沨atsa峁僪it腻. Under Gupta emperors 叠腻尘补苍补蝉迟丑补濒墨 (modern Banthali) was the capital of 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补, before Valabh墨 became its capital. In the medieval period, in three directions, Bhavanagar, Porabandar and Somanath (the famous temple) were the limits of 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysu谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�).鈥攎 S (The good territory or district.) The province of Surat.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsu谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�).鈥�n The province of Surat.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�).鈥擭ame of a country on the western side of India (Surat). 掳啶溹ぎ啷� (jam) a kind of poison.
2) a sort of black bean (Mar. 迟奴谤补). 掳啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶� (产谤补丑尘补岣�) a Br腻hma峁嘺 of 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补.
Derivable forms: 蝉耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补尘 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶班ぎ啷�).
厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and 谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�).鈥攎.
(-峁ａ弓谤补岣�) A country on the western side of India, Surat. E. su good, and 谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 district.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�).鈥攎. the name of a country, Surat, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 3, 53, 56.
厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and 谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�).鈥擺adjective] having a good government; [masculine] [Name] of a country, [plural] [Name] of a people.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�):鈥擺=su-谤腻峁ａ弓谤补] [from su > su-yaj] a mf(腻)n. (su-) having good dominion etc., [Taittir墨ya-sa峁僪it腻]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a country on the western side of India (commonly called Surat), [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补; Hariva峁兣沘] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] of a minister of Da艣a-ratha, [R腻mat腻pan墨ya-upani峁d]
4) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] the country or the inhabitants of S掳, [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补; 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] etc.
5) 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤腻 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶班ぞ):鈥擺=su-r腻峁ａ弓r腻] [from su-谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 > su > su-yaj] f. Name of a town ([probably] 鈥榯he capital of S掳鈥�), [Atharva-veda.Pari艣.]
6) 厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�):鈥擺=su-谤腻峁ａ弓谤补] b etc. See p. 1232, col. 2.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�):鈥擺su-谤腻峁ａ弓谤补] (峁ａ弓谤补岣�) 1. m. A country near modern Surat.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)厂耻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 (啶膏啶班ぞ啶粪啶熰啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 厂耻谤补峁弓丑补.
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Partial matches: Rashtra, Shu.
Starts with: Surashtrabrahma, Surashtradhipati, Surashtraja, Surashtraka, Surashtram, Surashtrasauviraka, Surashtravanti, Surashtravishaya.
Full-text (+35): Surashtraja, Saurashtra, Surashtravishaya, Cintisurashtra, Surashtrasauviraka, Surashtrabrahma, Surashtram, Kuntisurashtra, Ujjayanta, Saurashtraka, Surashtrodbhava, Surashtradhipati, Surashtravanti, Surattha, Sorashtrika, Parnadatta, Hamm, Madhava yatindra, Saurashtrika, Sudipa.
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