Sushravas, Suśravas, Shushravas: 6 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
Languages
1. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Sushravas 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 Suśravas can be transliterated into English as Susravas or Sushravas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) Suśravas (सुश्रवस्).—A Vidarbha princess. King Jayatsena of the Puru dynasty married her and a son called Arvācīna was born to them. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 95, Verse 17).

2) Suśravas (सुश्रवस्).—A king of the Ṛgveda period. When enemies encircled him he prayed to Indra who helped him by diving away the 10099 enemy warriors. (Ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Anuvāka 10, Sūkta 53).

3) Suśravas (सुश्रवस्).—A spy of the Devas. He once informed Sarasvatī secretly about the penance by the Sage Kātyāyana. Sarasvatī appeared before the Sage and told him that he would get from Sage Sārasvata the knowledge he wanted. Accordingly Kātyāyana ended his penance and went to Sage Sārasvata.

context information

The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śuśravas (शुश्रवस्).—mfn.

(-vān-śruṣī-vaḥ) Heard, having heard. E. śru to hear, aff. kvasu .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Suśravas (सुश्रवस्).—adj. famous, Chr. 288, 2 = [Rigveda.] i. 49, 2 (cf. ).

— Cf.

Suśravas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and śravas (श्रवस्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Suśravas (सुश्रवस्).—[adjective] well hearing or much heard of, famous, celebrated.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Suśravas (सुश्रवस्):—[=su-śravas] [from su > su-śaṃsa] a mfn. abounding in glory, famous, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] hearing well or gladly, gracious, kind (superl. -tama), [Ṛg-veda; Kāṭhaka; Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Prajā-pati, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] of a serpent-demon, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

5) [v.s. ...] of a man, [Ṛg-veda i, 53, 9] ([Sāyaṇa])

6) [v.s. ...] of a Ṛṣi (having the [patronymic] Kauṣya), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

7) [=su-śravas] b su-śruta etc. See [column]2.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sushravas in German

context information

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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