शूरसेनśūrasena

शूरसेन (śūrasena) is a Sanskrit word meaning the country about Mathura, a king of Mathura and ruler of the Yadus, name of a son of Kartavirya, a son of Shatrughna, of various other men, the people of that country. Its 23 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them The Country/Region of Śūrasena, The People of Śūrasena, General term for men / Epithet of Viṣṇu.

Etymology
E. शूर a hero, सेना an army
Definitions
23
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Meanings by context

The Country/Region of Śūrasena

7 definitions
the country about Mathura

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the city of Mathura

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. The country about Mathura. 2. The name of a prince.

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The country about Mathura. 2. The name of a prince.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

name of a country near Mathura

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The region around Mathura. 2. A prince.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the kingdom of Citraketu

The Purana Index

The People of Śūrasena

5 definitions
the people of that country

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the people of Shurasena

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A people. 2. Their country or its king, with the feminine form referring to a princess.

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an ancient people

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. The people of Shurasena territory. 2. A kingdom of Madhyadesha. 3. The tribe with Shura as their chief. 4. Seventeen kings of this line.

The Purana Index

General term for men / Epithet of Viṣṇu

2 definitions
of various other men

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Vishnu

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

King Śūrasena of Yaduvaṃśa

2 definitions
a king of Mathura and ruler of the Yadus

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the lord of the Yadus and overlord of Mathuras and Surasenas

The Purana Index

Other individuals named Śūrasena

2 definitions
a Kuru warrior

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a Pancala warrior

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Son of Kārtavīrya Arjuna

2 definitions
Name of a son of Kartavirya

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Arjuna and a maharatha

The Purana Index

Son of Śatrughna

2 definitions
a son of Shatrughna

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Shatrughna

The Purana Index

Śūrasenī (Princess of the Śūrasenas)

1 definition
a princess of the Shura-senas

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 8 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.