Shriputra, Śrīputra, Shri-putra: 3 definitions
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Shriputra 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.
The Sanskrit term Śrīputra can be transliterated into English as Sriputra or Shriputra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Śrīputra (श्रीपुत्र).—
1) Name of Cupid; निर्जेतुं निखलजगत्सु मानुषाणि श्रीपुत्रे चरति पदैव शीतरश्मिः (nirjetuṃ nikhalajagatsu mānuṣāṇi śrīputre carati padaiva śītaraśmiḥ) Rām. ch.7. 11.
2) the moon.
3) Name of the horse of Indra.
Derivable forms: śrīputraḥ (श्रीपुत्रः).
Śrīputra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śrī and putra (पुत्र).
1) Śrīputra (श्रीपुत्र):—[=śrī-putra] [from śrī] m. ‘son of Śrī’, Name of Kāma (god of love), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] a horse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Śrīputra (श्रीपुत्र):—m. = lakṣmīputra Pferd [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 41.] Nach [Śabdakalpadruma] und [WILSON] auch ein N. des Liebesgottes.
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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