Sora, Sōra, Shora: 8 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Shor.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Research Gate: On Fish in Manasollasa (c. 1131 AD)Sora (सोर) refers to a type of fish identified with Galeocerdo tigrinus N.H., as mentioned in the 12th-century Mānasollāsa or Abhilaṣitārthachintāmaṇi, an ancient Sanskrit text describing thirty-five kinds of marine and fresh water fishes.—Someshvardeva described Sora as a marine, scaleless, and obviously a large fish. No meaning can be traced in Sanskrit. In Telugu, sora is used for any shark. Sora is the first name listed by Someshvardeva and was clubbed with other sharks. It must be an impressively large fish commonly seen in Indian seas. Hora (1951) believed that the name sora was used in plural sense for several sharks. We suggest that the name sora could have been used for the largest shark, Galeocerdo tigrinus N.H., found in both west and east coast waters.

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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysōra (सोर).—f An earthen vessel of a particular shape and size.
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sōrā (सोरा).—m A peg or wooden pin (as driven in to confine or tighten). 2 The ash-hole under the boiler at a sugarwork: also the smoke-vent.
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sōrā (सोरा) [or सोऱ्या, sōṛyā].—m A drilled bowl or vessel used in making kuraḍayā. See suṛyā.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsōra (सोर).—f An earthen vessel.
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 dictionarySora (सोर).—A crooked movement.
Derivable forms: soraḥ (सोरः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionarySora (सोर).—= Sanskrit svara (§ 3. 117), voice, sound: cakora-sorāṃ (acc. pl.) karaviṅkanāditāṃ Lalitavistara 214.18 (verse); meter requires long syllable so-; so Lefm. with 2 mss., ms. A °saurāṃ, others °svarāṃ, unmetrical(ly)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySora (सोर):—m. a crooked movement, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Śora (शोर) [Also spelled shor]:—(nm) noise; tumult, din, hue and cry; —[gula/śārābā] noise, tumult, din; hue and cry; •[macānā] to blow great guns, to be too boisterous.
2) Śorā (शोरा):—(nm) soda, nitre (sodium nitrate); ~[puśta] insolent, unruly.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSora (ಸೊರ):—[noun] = ಸೊರೆ [sore]2.
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Sōr (ಸೋರ್):—[noun] = ಸೋರು [soru]1.
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Sōr (ಸೋರ್):—
1) [noun] the act of oozing, leaking out.
2) [noun] the act or manner of flowing; a flow.
3) [noun] the act of emitting; issuance; a discharge.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+22): Shoraba, Sora Lankagiri, Sora-mame, Sorabbha, Sorabha, Sorabidu, Soracca, Soradettu, Soragu, Soraha, Sorahi, Sorahu, Sorahugara, Sorakkaya, Sorale, Sorambha, Soramitha, Soramtu, Sorana, Sorandakkotta.
Ends with (+4): Chhota-lasora, Chotalasora, Dasora, Divirakishora, Habasora, Harasora, Hatasora, Helicteres isora, Kaishora, Kalamisora, Kishora, Kshora, Lal-lasora, Lasora, Mayurakishora, Namdakishora, Nandakishora, Pisora, Rajakishora, Ramakishora.
Full-text (+20): Soramitha, Sora-mame, Ta sor, Kalami, Kshitindra, Cola, Anguliyalipi, Jadukhora, Kalmi, Nilava, Shriti, Coda, Lankagiri, Gandhari, Anadishtarepha, Pratinishevana, Shor, Arakala, Arakatapura, Arakata.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 2 - Alkaline substance (2): Usara or Sora (salt-petre) < [Chapter XXVIII - Kshara (akalis)]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa) (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 6 - Sora: a kind of shila-jatu < [Chapter IV - Uparasa (4): Shilajatu or Shilajit (bitumen)]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 146 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Text Sections 169-171 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Life Story Of Dzongsar Khenpo Kunga Wangchuk < [Introduction Text]
Yoga-sutras (Ancient and Modern Interpretations) (by Makarand Gopal Newalkar)
Sūtra 1.19 < [Book I - Samādhi-pāda]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 11 - The Chapter on the Venerable Master and his Spiritual Lineage. < [Book 5 - The Sovereign Lord (Atiśa)]
Chapter 8 - The Tsembu Instruction < [Book 14 - Great Compassion Cycle]
Chapter 27 - Additional precept lineages < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules) (by I. B. Horner)
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