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)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

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

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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.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

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. [...]”.

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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.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

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”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

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

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sauhṛda (सौहृद).—n.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Sanskrit to German]

Sauhrida in German

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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 dictionary

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

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sauhṛda (ಸೌಹೃದ):—

1) [noun] = ಸೌಹಾರ್ದ - [sauharda -] 1.

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

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Sauhridaya, Sauhridayya.

Ends with: Adridhasauhrida, Asauhrida, Asthirasauhrida, Baddhasauhrida, Dridhasauhrida, Gatasauhrida, Kusauhrida, Nisargasauhrida, Rudhasauhrida, Sthirasauhrida, Vigatasnehasauhrida.

Full-text: Dridhasauhrida, Sohada, Gatasauhrida, Sthirasauhrida, Rudhasauhrida, Sauhridya, Sauhridaya, Asauhrida, Kusauhrida, Nisargasauhrida, Vigatasnehasauhrida, Vigatasneha, Sauhardya, Baddha, Asthira, Kshana, Shaithilya, Suhrid, Sthira.

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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)

Chapter 6 - Bhāratavarṣa: Its Rivers and Regions < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]

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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)

Verse 1.1.2 < [Chapter 1 - Bhauma (the earthly plane)]

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The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)

Topographical Lists from the Mahābhārata < [Book II]

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