The Sanskrit terms Śatahrada and Śatahradā and Śātahrada and Śatahrādā can be transliterated into English as Satahrada or Shatahrada, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Wisdom Library: Varāha-purāṇa

Śatahradā (शतह्रदा) is the name of a river mentioned in a list of rivers, flowing from the five great mountains (Śailavarṇa, Mālākhya, Korajaska, Triparṇa and Nīla), according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 82. Those who drink the waters of these rivers live for ten thousand years and become devotees of Rudra and Umā.

One of the five mountains situated near Bhadrāśva, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 82. The Varāhapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, a type of Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, instructions for religious ceremonies and a whole range of topics concerning the various arts and sciences. The original text is said to have been composed of 24,000 metrical verses, possibly originating from before the 10th century.

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Śatahradā (शतह्रदा).—Mother of the Rāksasa called Virādha. His father’s name was Jaya. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇyakāṇḍa).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1) Śatahrada (शतह्रद).—A son of Danu.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 6. 18.

2) Śatahradā (शतह्रदा).—A river of the Bhadrā continent.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 43. 26.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śātahrada (शातह्रद).—a. Relating or belonging to lightning.

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Śatahradā (शतह्रदा).—

1) lightning; दूरं पुरःक्षिप्तशतह्नदे (dūraṃ puraḥkṣiptaśatahnade) Kumārasambhava 7.39; Mṛcchakaṭika 5.48; V.4; प्रपतेदपि चाकाशं निपतेनु शतह्रदाः (prapatedapi cākāśaṃ nipatenu śatahradāḥ) Śiva B.19.2.

2) the thunderbolt of Indra.

Śatahradā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śata and hradā (ह्रदा).

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Śatahrādā (शतह्रादा).—the thunderbolt.

Śatahrādā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śata and hrādā (ह्रादा).

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

Śatahradā (शतह्रदा).—f.

(-dā) 1. Lightning. 2. The thunderbolt. E. śata a hundred, hrada a ray of light, or hrāda sound; the vowel made short; also śatahrādā .

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

Śatahrada (शतह्रद).—[(rāma-)], f. dā, 1. lightning, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 66, 1. 2. the thunderbolt.

Śatahrada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śata and hrada (ह्रद).

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

Śatahrada (शतह्रद).—[masculine] [Name] of an Asura; [feminine] ā lightning.

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Śātahrada (शातह्रद).—[adjective] of lightning.

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

1) Śatahrada (शतह्रद):—[=śata-hrada] [from śata] m. Name of an Asura, [Harivaṃśa]

2) Śatahradā (शतह्रदा):—[=śata-hradā] [from śata-hrada > śata] f. (ifc. f(ā). ) ‘containing a h° rays of light’, lightning or a [particular] kind of l°, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Kāvya literature] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] a thunderbolt, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] Name of one of the daughters of Dakṣa (the wife of Bāhu-putra), [Vahni-purāṇa]

5) [v.s. ...] of the mother of the Rākṣasa Virādha, [Rāmāyaṇa]

6) Śatahrādā (शतह्रादा):—[=śata-hrādā] [from śata] f. ‘possessing a h° sounds’, the thunderbolt, [Horace H. Wilson]

7) Śātahrada (शातह्रद):—[=śāta-hrada] [from śāta] mfn. ([from] śata-hrada) relating or belonging to lightning, [Raghuvaṃśa]

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

Śatahradā (शतह्रदा):—[śata-hradā] śatahrādā (dā) 1. f. Lightning, thunder-bolt.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shatahrada 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

Śatahrada (ಶತಹ್ರದ):—[noun] a flash of light caused by the discharge of electricity from one cloud to another or to the earth; a lightning.

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Hrada, Shata.

Ends with: Sphuritashatahrada.

Full-text: Saterata, Shatahrade, Catakkiratam, Sphuritashatahrada, Hrada, Shikha, Jaya.

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