# शतरूपा (śatarūpā)

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शतरूपा (śatarūpā) is a Sanskrit word meaning having a hundred forms, an epithet of a Muni, the daughter and wife of Brahma, name of the wife of Brahma, an epithet of Savitri, the daughter of Brahma, the wife of Brahman. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Mythological Figure Śatarūpā, A Male Sage (Muni) named Śatarūpa, Adjective: Hundred-formed.

- **SLP1:** `SatarUpA`  **IAST:** śatarūpā  **Devanagari:** शतरूपा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatarupa
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/shatarupa/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** शतरूप (śatarūpa)

## Meanings by context

### Mythological Figure Śatarūpā (5 definitions)
- the daughter and wife of Brahma  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 1050,1] शत (śata) — रूपा (—rūpā) ( आ (ā) ), f. N. of the daughter and wife of Brahmā (her incestuous intercourse with her father produced Manu Svāyambhuva, but some Purāṇas make Śata-rūpā the wife not mother of the first Manu), Harivaṃśa (Title); Bṛhad-āraṇyaka-upaniṣad (Title), Sch.; Purāṇas (Literary category) [ ID=212142 ]
- 1. The wife of Brahman. 2. The daughter of Brahman.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शतरूपा (śatarūpā) [Printed book page 706-16 ] शत - रूपा (śata-rūpā) f. 1. name of the wife of Brahman (m.); 2. of his daughter. [ ID=37001 ]
- 1. Name of the wife of Brahma. 2. An epithet of Savitri, the daughter of Brahma.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शतरूपा (śatarūpā) [Printed book page 706-a ] शतरूपा (śatarūpā) f. ( - पा (-pā) ) 1. Name of the wife of BRAHMĀ. 2. An epithet of SĀVITRI, the daughter of BRAHMĀ. [ ID=39405 ]
- 1. The female half of Brahma's body. 2. The queen of Svayambhuva Manu. 3. The mother of three daughters and the sons Priyavrata and Uttanapada.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > शतरूपा (śatarūpā) [Printed book page 3-375 ] Śatarūpā (I) — the female half of Brahmā's body — spread over all the worlds; performed austerities for a lakh of years and became queen of Svāyambhuva Manu as Rati; gave mar- riage presents to her daughter Devahūtī; mother of three daughters, 1 and of sons Priyavrata and Uttānapāda; 2 a tapas- vinī. 3 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. III. 12. 54; 21. 26; 22. 23; IV. 1. 1; 8. 7; VIII. 1. 7; XI. 16. 25; Vā. 10. 8-13; 57. 57; Br. II. 9. 15 and 33.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. II. 1. 57; II. 29. 62-3.] [ Footnote: 3) Vi I. 7. 17.] [ ID=14052 ]
- the daughter of Brahma whom he married and with whom he had Svayambhuva Manu and seven other sons  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Śatarūpā (II) — daughter of Brahmā whom the father married and brought forth Svāyambhuva Manu; other sons, seven in number. M. 3. 31, 43; 4. 24-5. [ ID=14053 ]

### A Male Sage (Muni) named Śatarūpa (1 definition)
- an epithet of a Muni  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > शत (śata) — रूप (—rūpa) m. N. of a Muni, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=212141 ]

### Adjective: Hundred-formed (1 definition)
- having a hundred forms  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1050,1] शत (śata) — रूप (—rūpa) mfn. having a h° forms, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=212140 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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