Shukanasa, Śukanāsa, Shukanasha: 11 definitions
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Shukanasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, biology. 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 Śukanāsa can be transliterated into English as Sukanasa or Shukanasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationŚukanāsā (शुकनासा) refers to “parrot-like nose” [?], according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.18 (“Description of the perturbation caused by Kāma”).—Accordingly, as Śiva described Pārvatī: “Is this your face or the moon? Are these your eyes or lotus petals? These two eyebrows are the bows of Kāma of noble soul. Is this your lower lip or Bimba fruit? Is this your nose or the beak of a parrot [i.e., śukanāsā—kiṃ nāsā śukacaṃcukā]? Do I hear your voice or the cooing of the cuckoo? Is this your slender waist or the sacrificial altar? How can her gait be described? How can her comely appearance be described? How can the flowers be described? How can the clothes be described? [...]”.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexŚukanāsa (शुकनास).—A Janapada of the Ketumālā continent.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 44. 13.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaŚukanāsā (शुकनासा) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Corallocarpus epigaeus Benth. ex Hook. f.” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning śukanāsā] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraŚukanāsa (शुकनास) is the name of the minister of king Tārāpīḍa, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara (story of king Sumanas).—Jābāli’s story was as follows: Tārāpīḍa, King of Ujjayinī, won by penance a son, Candrāpīḍa, who was brought up with Vaiśampāyana, the son of his minister, Śukanāsa. In due time Candrāpīḍa was anointed as Crown Prince, and started on an expedition of world-conquest. At the end of it he reached Kailāsa, and, while resting there, was led one day in a vain chase of a pair of Kinnaras to the shores of the Acchoda Lake.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryŚuka-nāsa.—cf. śukanāsi (Arch. Rev., 1960-61, Section III) literally, ‘a parrot's nose’ explained as ‘a gargoyle or the water spout in a building’ (Acharya, Ind. Arch., p. 169) and ‘a vestibule’ (R. Narasiṃhachar, The Keśava Temple of Somanāthapur, p. 3); but also as ‘the projection of the main body of the śikhara of a temple originally at the front- side’ (Kramrisch, Hindu Temple, p. 241); also called śuk- āṅghri. The Dīpārṇava (ed. Prabhāśaṅkar O. Sompurā, p. 116) has the following stanzas on the subject: agre kolī kapolas = tu śuka-nāsas = tu nāsikā | sāndhāre stambha-rekhā ca kartavyā madhya-koṣṭhake || prāsādasya puro-bhāge nirvāṇa-mūla-śṛṅgakam | tad-agre śuka-nāśaṃ ca eka-ādi saptam = udgamam || tasy = opari siṃhaḥ sthāpyo maṇḍapa-kalaśa-samaḥ | dvi-stambhaḥ śuka-nās-āgre vijñeyaḥ pāda-maṇḍapaḥ || Note: śuka-nāsa is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Sukanasa in India is the name of a plant defined with Corallocarpus epigaeus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rhynchocarpa corallina Naudin (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1871)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1904)
· Gen. Pl. (1867)
· Der Gesellsschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, neue Schriften (1803)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles (1862)
· Rev. Zool. Afr.
If you are looking for specific details regarding Sukanasa, for example diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚukanāsa (शुकनास).—m.
(-saḥ) 1. A tree, (Bignonia Indica.) 2. Another tree, (Sesbana grandiflora.) E. śuka, and nāsa the nose, the flowers being compared to a parrot’s beak.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śukanaśā (शुकनशा):—[=śuka-naśā] [from śuka] [wrong reading] for next, [Suśruta]
2) Śukanasā (शुकनसा):—[=śuka-nasā] [from śuka] f. = -nāsā, [ib.]
3) Śukanāśa (शुकनाश):—[=śuka-nāśa] [from śuka] (L.) [wrong reading] for -nāsa.
4) Śukanāśā (शुकनाशा):—[=śuka-nāśā] [from śuka] ([Suśruta]) [wrong reading] for sā.
5) Śukanāsa (शुकनास):—[=śuka-nāsa] [from śuka] mfn. having a nose like a p°’s beak, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
6) [v.s. ...] m. a [particular] ornament on a house, [Vāstuvidyā]
7) [v.s. ...] Calosanthes Indica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] Bignonia Chelonioides, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
9) [v.s. ...] Agati Grandiflora, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) [v.s. ...] Bignonia Indica, [Horace H. Wilson]
11) [v.s. ...] Sesbana Grandiflora, [ib.]
12) [v.s. ...] Name of a Rākṣasa, [Rāmāyaṇa]
13) [v.s. ...] of a minister of Tārāpīḍa, [Kādambarī]
14) Śukanāsā (शुकनासा):—[=śuka-nāsā] [from śuka-nāsa > śuka] f. a kind of plant ([according to] to [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.], = m., kāśmīrī, nalikā), [Suśruta]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚukanāsa (शुकनास):—[śuka-nāsa] (saḥ) 1. m. A tree, Bignonia Indica.
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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 corpusŚukanāsa (ಶುಕನಾಸ):—[adjective] having a curved nose.
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Śukanāsa (ಶುಕನಾಸ):—
1) [noun] a man whose nose resembles the characeristically bent beak of a parrot.
2) [noun] the tree Oroxylum indicum ( = Bignonia indica, Calosanthes indica) of Bignoniaceae family.
3) [noun] the tree Stereospermum tetragonum ( = Bignonia chelonoides) of the same family.
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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