# सुलोचना (sulocanā)

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सुलोचना (sulocanā) is a Sanskrit word meaning having beautiful eyes, a deer, the name of a Daitya, a son of Dhritarashtra, of a Buddha, the father of Rukmini. Its 12 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Proper Name (Feminine): Sulocanā, Proper Name (Masculine): Sulocana, Adjective: Fine-eyed / Having beautiful eyes.

- **SLP1:** `sulocanA`  **IAST:** sulocanā  **Devanagari:** सुलोचना
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulochana_%28wife_of_Indrajit%29
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sulochana/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** सुलोचन (sulocana)

## Meanings by context

### Proper Name (Feminine): Sulocanā (5 definitions)
- a name of an Apsaras  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 1232,3] सु (su) — लोचना (—locanā) ( आ (ā) ), f. N. of an Apsaras, Hariv. [ ID=248832 ]
- of a Yakshini  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Yakṣiṇī, Kathās. [ ID=248833 ]
- of the wife of king Madhava  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the wife of king Mādhava, PadmaP. [ ID=248834 ]
- of various other women  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of various other women, Daś.; Kathās. [ ID=248835 ]
- a mind-born mother  
  *The Purana Index*
  > सुलोचना (sulocanā) [Printed book page 3-666 ] Sulocanā — a mind-born mother. M. 179. 17. [ ID=16513 ]

### Proper Name (Masculine): Sulocana (4 definitions)
- The name of a Daitya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Daitya, Hariv. [ ID=248828 ]
- a son of Dhritarashtra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra ( accord. to some of Dur-yodhana), MBh. [ ID=248829 ]
- of a Buddha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Buddha, Lalit. [ ID=248830 ]
- the father of Rukmini  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the father of Rukmiṇī, Cat. [ ID=248831 ]

### Adjective: Fine-eyed / Having beautiful eyes (2 definitions)
- having beautiful eyes  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1232,3] सु (su) — लोचन (—locana) mf( आ (ā) )n. fine-eyed, having beautiful eyes, MBh.; Rājat. [ ID=248826 ]
- Fine-eyed  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सुलोचन (sulocana) ा (sulocanā) [Printed book page 788-02 ] सुलोचन (sulocana) (I) a. (f. ना (nā) ) Fine-eyed. [ ID=41194.1 ]

### A deer (1 definition)
- a deer  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > सु (su) — लोचन (—locana) m. a deer, L. [ ID=248827 ]

## Sources

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

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