Saurabha: 17 definitions
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Saurabha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, biology. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Saurabh.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Saurabha (सौरभ).—The kingdom to which Puramjana went with his friend Avadhūta; allegorically smell.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IV. 25. 48; 29. 11.
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.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Saurabha (सौरभ) refers to one of the eighteen viṣama-varṇavṛtta (irregular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 332nd chapter of the Agnipurāṇa. The Agnipurāṇa deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (e.g., the saurabha metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Saurabha (सौरभ) refers to “fragrance” (viz., of a flower), as mentioned in a list of five synonyms, according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Saurabha] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Saurabha (सौरभ) refers to the “fragrance of the water” (spurted from an elephants’ trunk), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 2, “on favorable marks”]: “9. Whose body is variegated with spots like one thickly painted with vermilion, provided with eighteen or twenty toenails (cf. verse 3) curved like a tortoise and moon-colored, gifted with strength, spirit, and fortitude, also characterized by fragrance of the water (saurabha) he spurts from his trunk [udgārasaurabhayuto'pi], such an elephant is worthy of a king”.
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Saurabha in India is the name of a plant defined with Zanthoxylum armatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Zanthoxylum alatum Roxb..
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Silvae Geneticae (1973)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1824)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Saurabha, for example chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, diet and recipes, side effects, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Saurabha (सौरभ).—a. (-bhī f.) [सुरभिरस्यास्ति अण् (surabhirasyāsti aṇ)] Fragrant; देवस्त्रीमज्जनामोदसौरभाम्ब्वनिलैर्युतः (devastrīmajjanāmodasaurabhāmbvanilairyutaḥ) Bhāgavata 8.2.8.
-bham 1 Fragrance; मधुप इव मारुतेऽस्मिन् मा सौरभलोभमम्बुजिनि मंस्थाः (madhupa iva mārute'smin mā saurabhalobhamambujini maṃsthāḥ) Bv. 1.18,121.
2) Saffron. (See grammatical note on saurabhya below).
Saurabha (सौरभ).—n.
(-bhaṃ) 1. Fragrance. 2. Saffron. 3. Myrrh. f. (-bhī) Fragrant. E. surabhi fragrant, ac or aṇ aff.
Saurabha (सौरभ).—i. e. su-rabhī + a, I. adj. Fragrant. Ii. f. bhī, A cow, [Brāhmaṇavilāpa] 1, 12. Iii. n. Fragrance.
Saurabha (सौरभ).—[adjective] sweet-smelling; [feminine] ī a cow (daughter of Surabhi); [neuter] odour, fragrance.
1) Saurabha (सौरभ) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Vedāntapārijātasaurabha.
2) Saurabha (सौरभ):—a
—[commentary] on the Nyāyakusumāñjalikārikāvyākhyā of Haridāsa, by Vaidyanātha.
1) Saurabha (सौरभ):—mfn. ([from] su-rabhi) fragrant, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) descended from (the cow) Su-rabhi, [Harivaṃśa] ([varia lectio] saurasa)
3) m. coriander, [Suśruta]
4) a kind of Vesavāra (q.v.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) n. (ifc. f(ā). ) fragrance, perfume, [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.
6) n. saffron, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) myrrh ([varia lectio] staubhaka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) Name of a Sāman, [Lāṭyāyana]
9) Name of various Comms.
Saurabha (सौरभ):—(bhaṃ) 1. n. Saffron; fragrance.
Saurabha (सौरभ):—(von surabha)
1) adj. a) wohlriechend [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 25, 48. 29, 11. 8, 2, 8.] [Bhāṣāpariccheda 102] (auch a). — b) von der Surabhi stammend: gāvaḥ saurabhāḥ [Harivaṃśa 11555.] fehlerhaft für saurasāḥ, wie die neuere Ausg. liest. —
2) m. a) Koriander [DHANV. 2, 22.] [Rājanirghaṇṭa 11, 187.] bījaṃ saurabhama [Suśruta 2, 371, 2.] — b) eine Art von vesavāra (wohl mit Koriander gewürzt) [MADAN. 11, 116.] —
3) f. ī Kuh [Mahābhārata 1, 6120. 5, 3609.] [Harivaṃśa 3409. 9236.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 56, 72.] —
4) n. a) das Wohlriechendsein, Wohlgeruch [Gītagovinda 1, 29. 3, 15.] [Naiṣadhacarita 2, 92.] [Spr. (II) 6644] (Conj. für so). [6684. 7291.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 27, 96.] [Sāhityadarpana 270, 19.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 16, 28. 73, 162. 124, 22.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 4, 19.] [PAÑCAR. 3, 5, 1.] [KHANDOM. 52.] [KUSUM. 40, 9.] am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā) [Spr. (II) 2559.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 34, 146. 59, 4. 74, 233. 82, 34.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 33, 12.] ati [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 14.] — b) Saffran [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 6, 36.] — c) Myrrhe [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] staubhaka unsere Hdschrr. — d) Name eines Sāman [LĀṬY. 7, 2, 1.] — e) Titel eines Commentars (könnte auch m. sein) [HALL 83.] — Vgl. kula, piṣṭa, puṣpa, mañju, vi, vedānta (unter vedānta am Ende), sama .
Saurabha (सौरभ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Suraha, Sorabbha, Soraṃbha, Sorabha.
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
Saurabha (सौरभ) [Also spelled saurabh]:—(nm) fragrance, aroma; ~[bhayukta] fragrant, aromatic ~[bhita, ~bhīlā] fragrant, aromatic.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Saurabha (ಸೌರಭ):—[noun] a pleasing smell or odour; a sweet scent.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Saurabha (सौरभ):—n. fragrance; aroma; saffron;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Saurabhaka, Saurabhamgedu, Saurabhasamhita, Saurabhaveru, Saurabhayuta.
Full-text (+17): Pishtasaurabha, Kulasaurabha, Manjusaurabha, Pushpasaurabha, Atisaurabha, Samasaurabha, Vedantasaurabha, Vedantaparijatasaurabha, Sasaurabha, Visaurabha, Saurabhya, Saurabh, Sauraja, Sauratha, Shamkaramandarasaurabha, Avadhuta, Spharibhu, Saurabhasamhita, Vakriman, Saurabhaka.
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Yuktimallika by Vadiraja (critical study) (by Gururaj K. Nippani)
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1. Interpretation of the Sruti ‘prapanco yadi vidyeta’ < [Critical exposition (4) Visvasaurabha]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
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Page 636 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 2]
Page 604 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 2]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.1.363 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
Ashta Nayikas and Dance Forms (study) (by V. Dwaritha)
Part 5 - Examples of Svādhīnapatikā < [Chapter 2 - Svādhīnapatikā]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.5.29 < [Chapter 5 - Priya (the beloved devotees)]