Shurmi, Śūrmi, Sūrmi, Sūrmī: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śūrmi can be transliterated into English as Surmi or Shurmi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚūrmi (शूर्मि).—m., f.
1) ,
-śūrmikā, -śūrmī 1 An iron-image.
2) An anvil.
Derivable forms: śūrmiḥ (शूर्मिः).
See also (synonyms): śūrma.
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Sūrmi (सूर्मि) or Sūrmī (सूर्मी).—f.
1) An iron or metallic image; सूर्मी ज्वलन्तीं वाश्लिष्येन्मृत्युना स विशुध्यति (sūrmī jvalantīṃ vāśliṣyenmṛtyunā sa viśudhyati) Manusmṛti 11.13.
2) The pillar of a house.
3) Radiance, lustre.
4) A flame.
Derivable forms: sūrmiḥ (सूर्मिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySūrmi (सूर्मि).—sūrmī, f. 1. An iron image (of a woman), [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 103. 2. The pillar of a house.
Sūrmi can also be spelled as Sūrmī (सूर्मी).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySūrmi (सूर्मि).—[feminine] channel (for water); a tubular vessel serving as a candle-stick.
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Sūrmī (सूर्मी).—[feminine] channel (for water); a tubular vessel serving as a candle-stick.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śūrmi (शूर्मि):—[from śūrma] m., śūrmikā or śūrmī f(ikā or ī). idem, [ib.] (cf. sūrmi, sūrmī, sūrmya).
2) Sūrmi (सूर्मि):—f. or sūrmī (rather [from] √sṛ than [from] su + ūrmi; also written śūrmi and śūrmī) a pipe for conveying water, [Ṛg-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
3) a kind of tube serving as a candlestick, [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Kāṭhaka]
4) a metal image, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) a hollow metal column made red-hot for burning criminals ([especially] adulterers) to death, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Manu-smṛti etc.]
6) Sūrmī (सूर्मी):—f. or sūrmi (rather [from] √sṛ than [from] su + ūrmi; also written śūrmi and śūrmī) a pipe for conveying water, [Ṛg-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
7) a kind of tube serving as a candlestick, [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Kāṭhaka]
8) a metal image, [Horace H. Wilson]
9) a hollow metal column made red-hot for burning criminals ([especially] adulterers) to death, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Manu-smṛti etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śūrmi (शूर्मि):—[(rmmiḥ-rmmī)] 2. m. 3. f. Idem; an anvil.
2) Sūrmi (सूर्मि):—[(rmmiḥ-rmmīṃ)] 2. 3. f. An image of metal or iron; pillar of a house.
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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 corpusSūrmi (ಸೂರ್ಮಿ):—[noun] a metal idol.
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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Ends with: Taptasurmi.
Full-text: Taptasurmi, Taptashurmikunda, Ayahpratima, Surmya, Shurma, Svashlish, Sthuna, Susira, Jval.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 11.103 < [Section X - Expiation for the violating of the Preceptor’s Bed (gurutalpa)]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 7.1.3 < [Sukta 1]
Nitiprakasika (Critical Analysis) (by S. Anusha)
Śataghnī (Hundred-Killer) < [Chapter 3]
Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
6.1.1. Expiatory Rites in Āpastamba-dharmasūtra < [Chapter 1 - Expiatory Rites: Concept and Evolution]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 30 - The Glory of Dhanuṣkoṭi < [Section 1 - Setu-māhātmya]