Shubhanana, Śubhānana, Shubha-anana: 6 definitions
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Shubhanana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Śubhānana can be transliterated into English as Subhanana or Shubhanana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryśubhānana (शुभानन).—a S Of good countenance, good-looking, beautiful. śubhānanā f A good-looking female. Ex. rambhā urvaśī śubhānanā.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishśubhānana (शुभानन).—a Beautiful.
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śubhānanā (शुभानना).—f A good-looking female.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚubhānanā (शुभानना).—a handsome woman.
Śubhānanā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śubha and ānanā (आनना).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚubhānana (शुभानन).—mfn.
(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Handsome, good-looking. f.
(-nā) A handsome woman. E. śubha, and ānana face.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚubhānana (शुभानन):—[from śubha > śubh] mfn. handsome-faced, good. looking (ā f. ‘a handsome woman’), [Mahābhārata]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚubhānana (शुभानन):—[śubhā+nana] (naḥ-nā-naṃ) a. Handsomefaced.
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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Partial matches: Shubha, Anana.
Full-text: Pitri.
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