Sauhrida, Sauhṛda: 15 definitions

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Sauhrida means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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 Sauhṛda can be transliterated into English as Sauhrda or Sauhrida, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«previous next»] — Sauhrida in Purana glossary

Sauhṛda (सौहृद).—An ancient country in South India, famous in the Purāṇas. (Mahābhārata, Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 59).

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia
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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.

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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Sauhṛda (सौहृद) refers to “friendship”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 15) (“On the nakṣatras—‘asterisms’”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “Those who are born on the lunar day of Svātī will delight in keeping birds, deer, horses; will be grain merchants; dealers in beans; of weak friendship (asthira-sauhṛda); weak, of abstemious habits and skilled tradesmen. Those who are born on the lunar day of Viśākhā will grow trees yielding red flowers and red fruits; be dealers in gingelly seeds, beans, cotton, black gram and chick peas and worshippers of Indra and Agni. [...]”.

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira
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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Sauhṛda (सौहृद) refers to “friendship”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Those who were born as enemies [in a life] previously indeed become your friends whose friendship is fixed (baddha-sauhṛda) in this life on account of the power of fate”.

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections
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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

sauhṛda (सौहृद).—n S (suhṛda) Friendship or friendliness.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary
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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Sauhṛda (सौहृद).—Friendship, affection; यत् सौहृदादपि जनाः शिथिलीभवन्ति (yat sauhṛdādapi janāḥ śithilībhavanti) Mṛcchakaṭika 1.13; सखीजनस्ते किमु रूढसौहृदः (sakhījanaste kimu rūḍhasauhṛdaḥ) V.1.1; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.

Derivable forms: sauhṛdam (सौहृदम्).

See also (synonyms): sauhārdya, sauhṛdya, sauhṛdaya.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sauhṛda (सौहृद).—n.

(-daṃ) Friendship. E. suhṛda a friend, aṇ aff.; also from suhṛdaya,

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

Sauhṛda (सौहृद).—and sauhṛdya saukṛdya, i. e. su-hṛd + a or ya, n. Friendship, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 10 (da); [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 130 (da). ([Pañcatantra] v. [distich] 19, sauhṛda, A friend,

— perhaps a misreading.)

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

Sauhṛda (सौहृद).—[adjective] coming from a friend, a friend’s; [masculine] a friend; [neuter] = seq.

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

1) Sauhṛda (सौहृद):—[from sauhārda] mfn. relating to or coming from a friend, [Rāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a friend, [Pañcatantra]

3) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] Name of a people, [Mahābhārata]

4) [v.s. ...] n. (ifc. f(ā). ) affection, friendship for or with ([locative case] or saha or [compound]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

5) [v.s. ...] n. liking for, fondness of ([compound]), [Jātakamālā]

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

Sauhṛda (सौहृद):—(daṃ) 1. n. Friendship.

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

[Sanskrit to German]

Sauhrida in German

Sauhṛda (सौहृद) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sohada.

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

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Hindi dictionary

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Sauhṛda (सौहृद):—(nm) a friend; (a) friendly.

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary
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Kannada-English dictionary

Sauhṛda (ಸೌಹೃದ):—

1) [noun] = ಸೌಹಾರ್ದ - [sauharda -] 1.

2) [noun] a friendly relation or intimacy; friendship.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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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Nepali dictionary

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Sauhṛda (सौहृद):—n. friend; adj. friendly;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary
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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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