The Sanskrit term Saurāṣṭraka can be transliterated into English as Saurastraka or Saurashtraka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saurāṣṭraka (सौराष्ट्रक).—A kind of bell-metal.

Derivable forms: saurāṣṭrakaḥ (सौराष्ट्रकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saurāṣṭraka (सौराष्ट्रक).—n.

(-kaṃ) A sort of white or bell metal. E. saurāṣṭra Surat, and kan added.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saurāṣṭraka (सौराष्ट्रक).—i. e. surāṣ- ṭra + ka (see rāṣṭra), n. A sort of white or bell-metal.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saurāṣṭraka (सौराष्ट्रक).—[adjective] coming from Surāṣṭra; [masculine] [plural] the inhabitants of Surāṣṭra.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Saurāṣṭraka (सौराष्ट्रक):—[from saurāṣṭra] mf(ikā)n. relating to or coming from Surāt, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] the inhabitants of S°, [ib.]

3) [v.s. ...] n. a kind of metal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] a kind of poison (either of a snake or a vegetable or mineral poison), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saurāṣṭraka (सौराष्ट्रक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. A sort of white or bell-metal.

[Sanskrit to German]

Saurashtraka in German

context information

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 corpus

Saurāṣṭraka (ಸೌರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಕ):—

1) [noun] an alloy consisting chiefly of copper and tin; bronze.

2) [noun] a kind of (snake, vegetable or mineral) poison.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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