Kshurapra, Kṣurapra, Kshura-pra: 9 definitions

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2. Kannada
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Introduction:

Kshurapra 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 Kṣurapra can be transliterated into English as Ksurapra or Kshurapra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kṣurapra (क्षुरप्र).—

1) an arrow with a sharp horse-shoe shaped head; तं क्षुरप्रशकलीकृतं कृती (taṃ kṣurapraśakalīkṛtaṃ kṛtī) R.11.29; 9.62. क्षुरप्रचक्र-निस्त्रिंश-कुन्त-पट्टिश-पाणिभिः (kṣurapracakra-nistriṃśa-kunta-paṭṭiśa-pāṇibhiḥ) Śiva B.4.5.

Derivable forms: kṣurapraḥ (क्षुरप्रः).

Kṣurapra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣura and pra (प्र).

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

Kṣurapra (क्षुरप्र).—m.

(-praḥ) 1. kind of arrow, one with a sharp-horse-shoe-shaped head. 2. A sort of hoe or weeding spade. E. kṣura a hoof, and prath to go, ḍa affix; also khurapra.

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

Kṣurapra (क्षुरप्र).—[kṣura-pra] (cf. khura), m. A kind of arrow, one with a horse-shoe head, Mahābhārata 4, 1732; [Pañcatantra] 38, 2 (a knife?)

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

1) Kṣurapra (क्षुरप्र):—[=kṣura-pra] [from kṣura > kṣur] mfn. sharp-edged like a razor, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii, 13, 30]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a sharp-edged arrow, [Mahābhārata iii, 14892; iv, 1732; Raghuvaṃśa ix, 62]

3) [v.s. ...] [xi, 29; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Śāntiśataka; Devī-māhātmya]

4) [v.s. ...] a sharp-edged knife (tīkṣṇa-śastra [edition] [Bombay edition]), [Pañcatantra i]

5) [v.s. ...] a sharp-edged arrow-head, [Śārṅgadhara-paddhati]

6) [v.s. ...] a sort of hoe or weeding spade, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Kṣurapra (क्षुरप्र):—(praḥ) 1. m. An arrow; a hoe.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kṣurapra (क्षुरप्र) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Khurappa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kshurapra 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kṣurapra (ಕ್ಷುರಪ್ರ):—[noun] an arrow with a horse-shoe-shaped head.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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