Sauparṇa, Sauparna: 10 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuSauparṇa (सौपर्ण) is another name for Śuṇṭhī, a medicinal plant identified with Zingiber officinale Rosc. or “ginger root” from the Zingiberaceae or “ginger” family of flowering plants, according to verse 6.24-26 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu.—Note: Śuṇṭhi is dried and specially prepared form of Ārdraka by removing the outer scales of the rhizome. The major part of the oil of ginger remains in these scales and is obtained from the Śuṇṭhī/Ārdraka with scales.—The sixth chapter (pippalyādi-varga) of this book enumerates ninety-five varieties of plants obtained from the market (paṇyauṣadhi). Together with the names Sauparṇa and Śuṇṭhī, there are a total of fifteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySauparṇa (सौपर्ण).—
1) Dry ginger.
2) Emerald. a. Relating to सुपर्ण (suparṇa) bird or Garuḍa; सौपर्णमस्त्रं प्रतिसंजहार (sauparṇamastraṃ pratisaṃjahāra) R.16.8.
Derivable forms: sauparṇam (सौपर्णम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySauparṇa (सौपर्ण).—n.
(-rṇaṃ) 1. Dry ginger. 2. The emerald. E. suparṇa Garuda, aff. aṇ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySauparṇa (सौपर्ण).—i. e. su-parṇa + a, I. adj. Belonging or relating to Garuḍa, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 132, 9. Ii. n. 1. The emerald. 2. Dry ginger.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySauparṇa (सौपर्ण).—(sauparṇa), [feminine] ī relating to the falcon etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumSauparṇa (सौपर्ण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Madanapārijāta p. 242 (Sauparṇenābhihitam).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sauparṇa (सौपर्ण):—mf(ī)n. or sauparṇa relating or belonging to or derived from or treating of or resembling the bird Su-parṇa (q.v.), [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.
2) n. an emerald, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) dry ginger, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) the Sauparṇa hymn (cf. [Ṛg-veda i, 164, 20 and; Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 39]; a Vedic story relating the transformation of the metres into birds that they might fetch the Soma from, heaven), [Brāhmaṇa; Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra]
5) Name of various Sāmans, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySauparṇa (सौपर्ण):—(rṇaṃ) 1. n. Dry ginger; the emerald.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusSauparṇa (ಸೌಪರ್ಣ):—
1) [noun] the Brahminee kite, Haliastur indus, an accipitrine bird with long, pointed wings, forked tail and white neck.
2) [noun] (myth.) the king of birds, which is used by Viṣṇu as his vehicle.
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)
Full-text: Atisauparna, Sauparnya, Sauparnaketava, Sauparnavrata, Aidasauparna, Sauparnikadrava, Sauparni, Trisauparna, Sharupravetasa, Vilambasauparna, Caupannam, Sauparneyi, Sauparṇeya, Shunthi, Panktipavana, Svara.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3.232 < [Section XIV - Method of Feeding]
Asvalayana-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section 53 < [Karna Parva]
Narayaniya (Narayaneeyam) (by Vishwa Adluri)
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 15 - The Test for a Brāhmaṇa deserving for Śrāddha invitation < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]
Chapter 19 - Qualifications of a Brāhmaṇa for Śrāddha gifts < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]