Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (ṣṭrā or ṣṭrī f.) Coming from or relating to the district cal- led Surāṣṭra (or Surat). ṣṭraḥ The district of Surāṣṭra. m. pl. The people of Surāṣṭra. ṣṭraṃ Brass, bell- metal.
saurāṣṭra
Dictionary meanings for saurāṣṭra from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
(also called ānarta) The modern peninsula of Kattywar. Dvārakā is called ānartanagarī or abdhinagarī- The old Dvārakā stood near Madhupura 95 miles south-east of Dvārakā, and also near mount Raiva- taka, which appears to be the same as the Girinar hill near Junagad. Valabhi appears to have been the next capital of the country, the ruins of which were discovered at Bilbi 10 miles north-west of Bhownaggar. The...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (A, or I) n. (fr. surāṣṭra) belonging to or coming from the country of Sura1t Surat VarBr2S. 1255,1 253894 m. the resin of Boswellia Thurifera L. 1255,1 253895 m. pl. the inhabitants of Sura1t Surat AV.; Paris3.; VarBr2S.; Ra1jat. 1255,1 253896 f (A or I). a sort of fragrant earth found in S Sura1t Surat. Sus3r.; L. 1255,1 253897
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