an epithet of Vishnu
N. of Viṣṇu, Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1st edition with marginal notes (Title) [ID=213765]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
शरभाśarabhā
शरभा (śarabhā) is a Sanskrit word meaning a young elephant, a camel, a grasshopper, a locust, a kind of metre, an epithet of Vishnu. Its 18 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Proper Name of an Individual/Character, Insects (Grasshopper, Locust), Other Specific Animals (Elephant, Camel).
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Meanings by context
Proper Name of an Individual/Character
8 definitions
an Asura
of an Asura, Mahābhārata (Title) [ID=213767]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
of two serpent-demons
of two serpent-demons, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ID=213768]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
of various men
of various men, Ṛg-veda (Title) ; Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ID=213769]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a son of Shishupala
of a son of Śiśu-pāla, Mahābhārata (Title) [ID=213770]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
of brother of Shakuni
of brother of Śakuni, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ID=213771]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
of a prince of the Ashmakas
of a prince of the Aśmakas, Harṣacarita (Title) [ID=213772]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a monkey in Rama's army
of a monkey in Rāma's army, Rāmāyaṇa (Title) [ID=213773]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Insects (Grasshopper, Locust)
2 definitions
a grasshopper
a grasshopper (= शलभ (śalabha)), Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ID=213762]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a locust
a locust, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ID=213763]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Other Specific Animals (Elephant, Camel)
2 definitions
a young elephant
a young elephant, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=213760]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a camel
a camel, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=213761]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
A Kind of Wooden Machine
1 definition
a kind of wooden machine
(prob.) a kind of wooden machine. [cf. accord. to some, Gk., κίραϕος, κόραϕος.] [ID=213776]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
A Type of Metre
1 definition
a kind of metre
a kind of metre, Colebrooke (Author) [ID=213764]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Girl with Withered Limbs (Śarabhā)
1 definition
a girl with withered limbs and therefore unfit for marriage
(H1B) [Printed book page 1057,2]
शरभा (śarabhā) (आ (ā)), f. a girl with withered limbs and therefore unfit for marriage, Gṛhya-sūtra (Literary category) [ID=213775]
शरभा (śarabhā) (आ (ā)), f. a girl with withered limbs and therefore unfit for marriage, Gṛhya-sūtra (Literary category) [ID=213775]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Mythical Eight-Legged Creature
1 definition
a kind of deer or a fabulous eight-legged mountain animal stronger than a lion and elephant
(H1) [Printed book page 1057,2]
शरभ (śarabha) m. a kind of deer or (in later times) a fabulous animal (supposed to have eight legs and to inhabit the snowy mountains; it is represented as stronger than the lion and the elephant; cf. अष्ट-पद् (aṣṭa-pad) and महा-स्कन्धिन् (mahā-skandhin)), Atharva-veda (Title) &c. &c. [ID=213759]
शरभ (śarabha) m. a kind of deer or (in later times) a fabulous animal (supposed to have eight legs and to inhabit the snowy mountains; it is represented as stronger than the lion and the elephant; cf. अष्ट-पद् (aṣṭa-pad) and महा-स्कन्धिन् (mahā-skandhin)), Atharva-veda (Title) &c. &c. [ID=213759]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Name of a People/Tribe
1 definition
Name of a people
(pl.) N. of a people, Mahābhārata (Title) (B. शबर (śabara)) [ID=213774]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Name of an Upanishad
1 definition
of an Upanishad
of an Upaniṣad (cf. शरभो (śarabho)पनिषद् (paniṣad)) [ID=213766]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 1 work: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.