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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Surālaya (सुरालय) refers to the “abode of the Devas”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.22. Accordingly as Śiva said to Sitā:—“[...] the different parts of the mountain Meru seem to be echoing the pleasing sweet sounds of bees etc. which cause the incitement of love of the guardians of the quarters viz. Indra, Kubera, Yama, Varuṇa, Agni, Nirṛti, Marut (Wind) and the Supreme lord (Īśa). Heaven, the abode of the Devas (surālaya) is stationed on the summits of the Meru wherein the cities of the guardians of the quarters are also situated. They are brilliant. Beautiful celestial damsels, Rambhā, Śacī, Menakā and others heighten their glory”.

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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.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Surālaya (सुरालय) refers to “temples”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 9), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If the course of Jupiter should just precede that of Venus, he will destroy objects that are white, the Brāhmaṇas, cows and temples [i.e., surālaya]; the east will suffer; there will be a fall of hail from the clouds and diseases of the neck; the crops of Śarat will thrive well. If the course of Mercury should just precede that of Venus, and if Mercury should then have either disappeared or reappeared, there will be rain in the land ; diseases and bilious jaundice will afflict mankind; the crops of Grīṣma will flourish ; ascetics, persons who have performed sacrificial rites, physicians, dancers or wrestlers, horses, the Vaiśyas, cows, rulers in their chariots and all yellow objects will perish and the west will suffer”.

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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

surālaya (सुरालय).—m S (Abode of the gods.) The sacred mountain Meru, or the extremity of the axis of the globe. 2 Swarg or paradise.

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

surālaya (सुरालय).—m The sacred mountain Meru. Paradise.

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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

Surālaya (सुरालय).—

1) the mountain Meru.

2) heaven, paradise.

3) a temple; पूर्तं सुरालयारामकूपाजीव्यादि- लक्षणम् (pūrtaṃ surālayārāmakūpājīvyādi- lakṣaṇam) Bhāgavata 7.15.49.

Derivable forms: surālayaḥ (सुरालयः).

Surālaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sura and ālaya (आलय).

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Surālaya (सुरालय).—a tavern, dram-shop.

Derivable forms: surālayaḥ (सुरालयः).

Surālaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms surā and ālaya (आलय).

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

Surālaya (सुरालय).—m.

(-yaḥ) 1. The sacred mountain Meru, the extremity of the world’s axis, and residence of the gods. 2. Swarga or paradise. 3. A tavern. E. sura a deity, or surā spirituous liquor, and ālaya abode.

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

Surālaya (सुरालय).—[masculine] abode of the gods, heaven or temple.

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

1) Surālaya (सुरालय):—[from sura > sur] 1. surālaya m. (for 2. surāl See p. 1236, col. 1) abode of the gods, heaven, [Harivaṃśa; Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] Meru or Su-meru, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] a god’s abode, temple, [Yājñavalkya; Caraka; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] wind (?), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [from surā] 2. surālaya (rāl; for 1. surāl See p. 1235, col. 1) m. a tavern, [Vāsavadattā]

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

Surālaya (सुरालय):—[surā+laya] (yaḥ) 1. m. The sacred mountain Meru; paradise; a tavern.

[Sanskrit to German]

Suralaya 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.

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Partial matches: Sura, Alaya.

Starts with: Curalayam.

Full-text: Curalayam, Gala, Karaka, Galagada, Alaya.

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