The Sanskrit terms Śuśrūṣaṇa and Śuśrūṣaṇā can be transliterated into English as Susrusana or Shushrushana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Śuśrūṣaṇa (शुश्रूषण) refers to “serving (one’s husband)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.5 (“The Tripuras are fascinated).—Accordingly, as Sanatkumāra narrated to Vyāsa: “O sage, addressing the lord of the Asuras and the citizens thus, the sage with his disciples spoiled the Vedic rites in a determined manner. [...] The women of the three cities who were hitherto devotedly attached to their husbands were deluded and misguided and they abandoned their noble inclinations to serve their husbands (bhartṛ-śuśrūṣaṇa). [...]”.

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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.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Śuśrūṣaṇa (शुश्रूषण) [=Śuśrūṣaṇatā?] refers to the “wish to listen”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Gaganagañja said to Ratnapāṇi: ‘Son of good family, the thirty-two dharmas are included in sixty-four dharmas. What are those sixty-four? [...] (29) spiritual friends is included in the wish to listen (śuśrūṣaṇa) and serving; (30) adequately grasping is included in the lightness of body and thought; (31) intensive reflection is included in being free from lassitude and desire; (32) heroic reflection is included in never neglecting causes or effects’. Son of good family, the thirty-two dharmas are included in these sixty-four dharmas”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śuśrūṣaṇa (शुश्रूषण) or Śuśrūṣaṇā (शुश्रूषणा).—[śru-san lyuṭ]

1) Desire to hear.

2) Service, attendance.

3) Obedience, dutifulness.

Derivable forms: śuśrūṣaṇam (शुश्रूषणम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Śuśrūṣaṇā (शुश्रूषणा).—(= AMg. sussūsaṇā; blend of Sanskrit °ṣā and °ṣaṇa, nt.), obedience: guru-śu° Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 14.14 (prose), one of the four ājāneya-gati of a Bodhisattva, see s.v. ājanya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śuśrūṣaṇa (शुश्रूषण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) Service, serving. f.

(-ṇā) 1. Desire to hear. 2. Obedience. 3. Service, attendance. E. śru to hear, desiderative form, lyuṭ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śuśrūṣaṇa (शुश्रूषण).—i. e. cuśrūṣa, see the last, + ana, n. Obedience, Mahābhārata 1, 741.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śuśrūṣaṇa (शुश्रूषण).—[neuter] desire to hear; obedience, homage, respect, service, kindness to ([genetive], [dative], [locative], or —°).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śuśrūṣaṇa (शुश्रूषण):—[from śuśrūṣaka > śuśrū] n. desire of hearing, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] obedience, service, dutiful homage to ([genitive case] [dative case] [locative case], or [compound]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) attention to, maintenance of (fire), [Mahābhārata]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śuśrūṣaṇa (शुश्रूषण):—(ṇaṃ) 1. n. Service, serving.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Śuśruṣaṇa (शुश्रुषण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sussūsaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shushrushana in German

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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 corpus

Śuśrūṣaṇa (ಶುಶ್ರೂಷಣ):—[noun] = ಶುಶ್ರೂಷೆ [shushrushe].

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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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