Shriparna, Śrīparṇa, Shri-parna: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śrīparṇa can be transliterated into English as Sriparna or Shriparna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚrīparṇa (श्रीपर्ण).—a lotus.
Derivable forms: śrīparṇam (श्रीपर्णम्).
Śrīparṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śrī and parṇa (पर्ण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚrīparṇa (श्रीपर्ण).—n.
(-rṇaṃ) 1. A lotus. 2. A tree, the wood of which is used to procure fire by attrition, (Premna spinosa.) f. (-rṇī) 1. A shrub, (Gmelina arborea.) 2. A medicinal plant, commonly Kayap'hal. 3. The silk-cotton tree. 4. An aquatic plant, (Pistia stratiotes.) E. śrī beauty or the goddess, parṇa a leaf.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚrīparṇa (श्रीपर्ण).—I. n. 1. a lotus. 2. a tree, Premna spinosa. Ii. f. ṇī, the name of several plants. Saptapº, i. e.
Śrīparṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śrī and parṇa (पर्ण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚrīparṇa (श्रीपर्ण).—[neuter] [Name] of a plant; also lotus-flower.*
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śrīparṇa (श्रीपर्ण):—[=śrī-parṇa] [from śrī] n. Premna Spinosa or Longifolia, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
2) [v.s. ...] a lotus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚrīparṇa (श्रीपर्ण):—[śrī-parṇa] (rṇaṃ) 1. n. A lotus; a tree, premna spinosa. f. (ī) A shrub, medicinal plant; cotton tree.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚrīparṇa (ಶ್ರೀಪರ್ಣ):—
1) [noun] = ಶ್ರೀಪರ್ಣಿ [shriparni].
2) [noun] any of various lotus plant.
3) [noun] its flower.
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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