Suranadi, Suranadī, Sura-nadi, Sūraṇādi, Śūraṇādi, Shuranadi, Shurana-adi: 10 definitions

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Suranadi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Śūraṇādi can be transliterated into English as Suranadi or Shuranadi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Sūraṇādi refers to a medicinal recipe mentioned in the Cūrṇakhaṇḍa (verse 6.38) of the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Cūrṇakhaṇḍa [mentioning sūraṇādi] contains powdered recipes and treat patients suffering from conditions such as erysipelas, excessive thirst, fever, burning sensation, gonorrhoea, etc.

Source: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (ay)

Śūraṇādi (शूरणादि) [=Śūraṇādya-lauha] refers to one of the topics discussed in the Rasakaumudī, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The Rasakaumudī by Mādhavakara represents a treatise on practice of medicine and therapeutics. It is a leading work on Hindu medicine, very largely studied in Bengal containing causes and symptoms of diseases. It contains 3,092 ślokas.—The catalogue includes the term—Śūraṇādya-lauha in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: śūraṇādyalauhaṃ .

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

suranadī : (f.) the celestial river.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

suranadī (सुरनदी).—f (S sura A god, nadī A river.) The Ganges of heaven, the galaxy.

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

suranadī (सुरनदी).—f The Ganges of heaven, the galaxy.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Suranadī (सुरनदी).—an epithet of the Ganges.

Suranadī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sura and nadī (नदी). See also (synonyms): suranimnagā.

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

Suranadī (सुरनदी).—f. (-dī) The Ganges of heaven. E. sura a god, and nadī a river.

Suranadī can also be spelled as Suraṇadī (सुरणदी).

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

1) Suranadī (सुरनदी):—[=sura-nadī] [from sura > sur] f. ‘river of the gods’, Name of the Ganges, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] the celestial Ganges, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Suranadī (सुरनदी):—[sura-nadī] (dī) 3. f. The Ganges of heaven.

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Suranadi 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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