Saurabha: 17 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Saurabh.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexSaurabha (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)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureSaurabha (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)
Source: Wisdom Library: Raj NighantuSaurabha (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)
Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the HindusSaurabha (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)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)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.

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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySaurabha (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).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySaurabha (सौरभ).—n.
(-bhaṃ) 1. Fragrance. 2. Saffron. 3. Myrrh. f. (-bhī) Fragrant. E. surabhi fragrant, ac or aṇ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySaurabha (सौरभ).—i. e. su-rabhī + a, I. adj. Fragrant. Ii. f. bhī, A cow, [Brāhmaṇavilāpa] 1, 12. Iii. n. Fragrance.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySaurabha (सौरभ).—[adjective] sweet-smelling; [feminine] ī a cow (daughter of Surabhi); [neuter] odour, fragrance.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) 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.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySaurabha (सौरभ):—(bhaṃ) 1. n. Saffron; fragrance.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Saurabha (सौरभ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Suraha, Sorabbha, Soraṃbha, Sorabha.
[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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionarySaurabha (सौरभ) [Also spelled saurabh]:—(nm) fragrance, aroma; ~[bhayukta] fragrant, aromatic ~[bhita, ~bhīlā] fragrant, aromatic.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSaurabha (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
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionarySaurabha (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, Saurabhasamhita, Spharibhu, Avadhuta, Saurabhaka, Vakriman.
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Search found 33 books and stories containing Saurabha; (plurals include: Saurabhas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Yuktimallika by Vadiraja (critical study) (by Gururaj K. Nippani)
3. The main tenets of the Dvaita Philosophy < [Contribution of Vadiraja]
1. Interpretation of the Sruti ‘prapanco yadi vidyeta’ < [Critical exposition (4) Visvasaurabha]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.1.363 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary) (by Roma Bose)
Brahma-Sūtra 4.1.19 < [Adhikaraṇa 11 - Sūtra 19]
Brahma-Sūtra 1.4.24 < [Adhikaraṇa 7 - Sūtras 23-27]
Brahma-Sūtra 3.1.27 < [Adhikaraṇa 6 - Sūtras 24-27]
Liberation in early Advaita Vedanta (by Aleksandar Uskokov)
1. Introductory Remarks: Methodology < [Chapter 4 - Liberation in the Brahma-sūtra]
4. The Practice of Meditation on Brahman < [Chapter 4 - Liberation in the Brahma-sūtra]
2. The Doctrine of Vidyā/Upāsana < [Chapter 4 - Liberation in the Brahma-sūtra]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)