Shautira, Śauṭīra: 8 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Śauṭīra can be transliterated into English as Sautira or Shautira, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śauṭīra (शौटीर).—a. [śauṭeḥ īran Uṇ 4.31]

1) Liberal, munificent.

2) Proud, haughty, proud of (in comp.); शौटीर- शूरसदृशमनीकजनसंसदि (śauṭīra- śūrasadṛśamanīkajanasaṃsadi) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.162.31; विक्रमशौटीरः (vikramaśauṭīraḥ) 3.252.21.

-raḥ 1 A hero, champion.

2) A proud man.

3) An ascetic, one who has given up wordly pursuits; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.83.44. (com. śauṭīraḥ pragalbhaḥ |).

4) An upstart.

-ram manliness.

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

Śauṭīra (शौटीर).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Proud, haughty. m.

(-raḥ) 1. A hero. 2. An ascetic, one who abandons the world. 3. A proud or haughty man, but of low tribe or occupation, an upstart. E. śauṭ to be proud, and iran Unadi aff.; also as derived from śauḍa the same, śauḍīra; also the short vowel being substituted for the diphthong, śuṭīra .

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

Śauṭīra (शौटीर).— (i. e. *śuṭīra + a, cf. śuṭīratā), adj. Proud. m. 1. A hero, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 48, 4. 2. An ascetic who has given up worldly pursuits. 3. An upstart.

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

Śauṭīra (शौटीर).—[adjective] manly, proud, haughty; [neuter], rya [neuter] & [feminine] as [abstract]

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

1) Śauṭīra (शौटीर):—[from śauṭ] mfn. haughty, arrogant, proud of ([compound]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] liberal, munificent, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

4) [v.s. ...] an ascetic (who has given up worldly pursuits), [Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 30 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

5) [v.s. ...] n. pride, manliness, [Rāmāyaṇa] (perhaps [wrong reading] for śauṭīrya).

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

Śauṭīra (शौटीर):—[(raḥ-rā-raṃ) a.] Proud, haughty. m. A hero; an ascetic; a proud upstart.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Śauṭīra (शौटीर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Soḍīra.

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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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