Saurabhi, Saurabhī: 4 definitions
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Saurabhi 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 EncyclopediaSaurabhī (सौरभी).—A cow which was the daughter of Surabhi. Having drunk too much of celestial honey (amṛta) which is the essence of the six tastes (ṣaḍrasas), Brahmā had to vomit, on which occasion, the cow Surabhi sprang up from his face. Her milk having accumulated in a low place the milk-sea was formed. The hermits known as the Phenapas live on the shore of the milk sea, the foam that settles on the shore being their food. Around them, there are four cows which protect the four directions. Saurabhī is one of them. She supports the east. Haṃsikā bears the south, Subhadrā the west and Dhenu the north. (Mahābhārata Udyoga Parva, Chapter 102).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySaurabhī (सौरभी).—
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): saurabheyī.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumSaurabhi (सौरभि) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Nāmamālā Ekākṣarī. See also Dvyakṣaranāmamālā. Mātṛkānāmamālā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySaurabhī (सौरभी):—[from saurabha] f. ‘daughter of Su-rabhi’, a cow, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa]
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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Starts with: Saurabhita.
Full-text: Matrikanamamala, Dvyaksharanamamala, Saurabheyi, Namamala ekakshari, Saurabheya, Vrishanku, Surabhi.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.16.2 < [Chapter 16 - The Srī Yamunā Armor]
Verses 4.15.16-17 < [Chapter 15 - The Story of the Women of Barhiṣmatī-pura, the Apsarās, and the Women of Sutala and Nāgendra]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 40 - The army of Demons (Asuras) < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]