śūrpaḥ

Dictionary meanings for śūrpaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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śūrpaḥ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A winnowing-basket. rpaḥ A measure of two Droṇas. Comp. karṇaḥ an elephant. ṇakhā (for nakhā) ‘having finger-nails like win- nowing-baskets’, N. of a sister of Rā- vaṇa. [She was attracted by the beauty of Rāma, and solicited him to marry [Page1053-a+ 58] her. But he said that as he had already got a wife she had better go to Laksh- maṇa and try him. But he too rejected her, and back she came to Rāma. This...

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