Saumitra: 9 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySaumitra (सौमित्र).—1 An epithet of Lakṣmaṇa; सौमित्रेरपि पत्रिणामविषये तत्र प्रिये क्वासि भोः (saumitrerapi patriṇāmaviṣaye tatra priye kvāsi bhoḥ) Uttararāmacarita 3.45.
Derivable forms: saumitraḥ (सौमित्रः).
See also (synonyms): saumitri.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySaumitrā (सौमित्रा).—name of a river: Mahā-Māyūrī 253.5; in a list between Carmaṇvatī and Viśvāmitrā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySaumitra (सौमित्र).—m.
(-traḥ) Lakshmana, the younger brother of Rama. E. sumitrā the wife of Dasarat'Ha, and mother of this prince, and aṇ aff.; also with iñ aff., saumitri .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySaumitra (सौमित्र) or Saumitri.—and tri, i. e. sumitrā (see mitra), + a, or i, metronym., m. Lakṣmaṇa, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 49, 11 (tri).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySaumitra (सौमित्र).—[masculine] metron. of Lakṣmaṇa; [neuter] friendship.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Saumitra (सौमित्र):—m. ([from] su-mitrā) [metronymic] of Lakṣmaṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) n. ([from] su-mitra) friendship, [Kāṭhaka]
3) Name of various Sāmans, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySaumitra (सौमित्र):—(traḥ) 1. m. Lakshmana, younger brother of Rāma.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionarySaumitra (सौमित्र):—(nm) an epithet of [lakṣmaṇa] —(son of Sumitra:) brother of Ram.
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Full-text: Saumitri, Saumitriya, Akarnanem, Carana, Sumitra.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.18.3 < [Chapter 18 - Uddhava Hears the Gopīs’ Words and Returns to Mathurā]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 14: Contest for Sītā < [Chapter IV - The, birth, marriage, and retreat to the forest of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa]
Part 4: Story of the thief Kāka < [Chapter V - The kidnapping of Sītā]
Appendix 4.2: New and Rare Words < [Appendices]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 44 - Vijyā Ekādaśī < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 67 - The Commencement of the Sacrifice < [Section 5 - Pātāla-Khaṇḍa (Section on the Nether World)]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 27 - The description of the Jaya ablution < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Viṣṇu-sahasranāma (Garland of a Thousand Epithets of Viṣṇu) < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]