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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Suraguru (सुरगुरु) is the name of a ancient authority on the science of Sanskrit metrics (chandaśāstra) mentioned by Yādavaprakāśa (commentator on Chandaśśāstra of Piṅgala).—Bṛhaspati is also one among the ancient authorities of Sanskrit Prosody, stands second to Śiva, mentioned by Yādavaprakāśa as Suraguru.

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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Pt. Sanjay Rath: Bṛhaspati Kavacha Mantra

Suraguru (सुरगुरु) refers to one of the 18 names of Jupiter (Bṛhaspati) according to the Bṛhaspati-kavaca-mantra from the Brahmayāmalatantra. In jyotiṣa there is a saying that when Jupiter protects there is none that can destroy. The eighteen names of Jupiter (viz., Suraguru) relate to eighteen body parts starting from the top of head (śiras). One method uses this formula: Each name associates with two drekkāṇa reckoned from lagna in the horoscope.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

suraguru (सुरगुरु).—m S The preceptor of the gods and regent of the planet Jupiter.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

suraguru (सुरगुरु).—m The preceptor of the gods.

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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 dictionary

Suraguru (सुरगुरु).—

1) an epithet of Bṛhaspati; धर्मः शास्त्रं सुरगुरुमतिः शौचमाचारचिन्ता सस्यैः पूर्णे जठरपिठरे प्राणिनां संभवन्ति (dharmaḥ śāstraṃ suragurumatiḥ śaucamācāracintā sasyaiḥ pūrṇe jaṭharapiṭhare prāṇināṃ saṃbhavanti) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 5.97.

2) the planet Jupiter.

3) Name of Vi- ṣṇu; ब्रह्मा सुरगुरुः स्थाणुर्मनुः कः परमेष्ठ्यथ (brahmā suraguruḥ sthāṇurmanuḥ kaḥ parameṣṭhyatha) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.1.32.

Derivable forms: suraguruḥ (सुरगुरुः).

Suraguru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sura and guru (गुरु).

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

Suraguru (सुरगुरु).—m.

(-ruḥ) Vrihaspati, regent of Jupiter and preceptor of the gods. E. sura a deity, and guru spiritual preceptor.

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

Suraguru (सुरगुरु).—m. Bṛhaspati, the teacher of the gods.

— Cf. etc. [Latin] gravis; [Gothic.] kaurs, kauritha; A. S. caru, Engl. care.

Suraguru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sura and guru (गुरु).

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

1) Suraguru (सुरगुरु):—[=sura-guru] [from sura > sur] m. ‘preceptor of the gods’, Name of Bṛhas-pati, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] the planet Jupiter (ror divasaḥ, ‘Thursday’), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Kālacakra]

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

Suraguru (सुरगुरु):—[sura-guru] (ruḥ) 2. m. Vrihashpati, teacher of the gods.

[Sanskrit to German]

Suraguru 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

Suraguru (ಸುರಗುರು):—[noun] Břhaspati, the preceptor of gods.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Guru, Sura.

Starts with: Curakuru, Suragurudivasa.

Ends with: Acurakuru, Asuraguru, Curakuru, Devasuraguru, Surasuraguru.

Full-text: Suragurudivasa, Curatiracan, Brihaspati.

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 8: Marubhūti’s fourth incarnation as Kiraṇavega < [Chapter II - Previous births of Pārśvanātha]

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The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)

Chapter 3 - On the Deva defeat and on Vṛtra’s tapasyā < [Book 6]

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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)

Section I < [Anukramanika Parva]

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