Saurabheyi, Saurabheyī: 5 definitions
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Saurabheyi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaSaurabheyī (सौरभेयी).—A celestial maid. For details see under Vargā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexSaurabheyī (सौरभेयी).—An Apsaras in the sabhā of Hiraṇyakaśipu.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 161. 74.
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Wisdom Library: HinduismSaurabheyī (सौरभेयी)—One of the five Apsarās (beautiful heavenly dancing girls) who were sent by Indra to break the severe austerity of a saintly person called Acyuta ṛṣi.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySaurabheyī (सौरभेयी).—
1) A cow.
2) Name of the daughter of the cow called Surabhi; तां सौरभेयीं सुरभिर्यशोभिः (tāṃ saurabheyīṃ surabhiryaśobhiḥ) R.2.3.
See also (synonyms): saurabhī.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Saurabheyī (सौरभेयी):—[from saurabheya > saurabha] f. a cow, [ib.; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of an Apsaras, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]
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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Full-text: Saurabhi, Karandhamana, Varga, Surabhi.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CCXVIII < [Arjuna-vanavasa Parva]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 192 - The Birth of Śrīpati < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 1 - Redemption of Five Apsarās by Arjuna < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 45 - The Manifesṭation of Narasiṃha < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]