Surarcaveshman, Surārcāveśman, Sura-arcaveshman: 2 definitions
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Surarcaveshman means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Surārcāveśman can be transliterated into English as Surarcavesman or Surarcaveshman, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Surarchaveshman.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of SriharsaSurārcāveśman (सुरार्चावेश्मन्) refers to a “household temple”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 21.21.—If Arcā is taken in the sense of an “idol”, the meaning will be “a chamber containing the idols of deities”.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySurārcāveśman (सुरार्चावेश्मन्).—n. a household temple, a chamber containing the idols of deities; ब्रह्मचारिपरिचारि सुरार्चावेश्म राजऋषिरेष विवेश (brahmacāriparicāri surārcāveśma rājaṛṣireṣa viveśa) N.21.21.
Surārcāveśman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sura and arcāveśman (अर्चावेश्मन्).
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.
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Partial matches: Sura.
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