Introduction

The Sanskrit term Suraśreṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Surasrestha or Surashreshtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Suraśreṣṭhā (सुरश्रेष्ठा) is another name for Brāhmī, a medicinal plant identified with two possibly species verse, according to verse 5.63-66 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Suraśreṣṭhā and Brāhmī, there are a total of twenty-four Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant. Note: Chopra identifies Brāhmī with 1) Centella asiatica (Linn.) Urban. while Bāpālāl and Th. B.S. et al identify it with 2) Bacopa monnieri (Linn.) Pennell.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Suraśreṣṭha (सुरश्रेष्ठ).—[masculine] the best of the gods (Indra, Viṣṇu, Śiva etc.).

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

1) Suraśreṣṭha (सुरश्रेष्ठ):—[=sura-śreṣṭha] [from sura > sur] m. ‘best of the g°’, Name of Viṣṇu, [Rāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] of Śiva, [ib.]

3) [v.s. ...] of Indra, [ib.; Brahma-purāṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] of Dharma, [Harivaṃśa]

5) [v.s. ...] of Gaṇeśa, [Pañcarātra]

6) Suraśreṣṭhā (सुरश्रेष्ठा):—[=sura-śreṣṭhā] [from sura-śreṣṭha > sura > sur] f. a [particular] plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Suraśreṣṭha (सुरश्रेष्ठ):—

1) m. der Beste unter den Göttern, Beiw. Viṣṇu’s [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 45, 25. Śiva’s 24. Indra's 46, 15.] [Brahmapurāṇa] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 50, 11.] Dharma's [Harivaṃśa 11526.] Gaṇeśa’s [PAÑCAR. 1, 7, 85. fg.] —

2) f. ā eine best. Pflanze, = brāhmī [Rājanirghaṇṭa 5, 61.]

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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: Shreshtha, Sura.

Full-text: Hayi, Daya, Agnimantra, Brahmi.

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 2: Incarnations as Suraśreṣṭha and a god < [Chapter VII - Śrī Munisuvratanāthacaritra]

Part 5: Munisuvrata’s birth < [Chapter VII - Śrī Munisuvratanāthacaritra]

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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

Chapter 107 - Procedure of the Worship of Brahmā < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]

Chapter 190 - Origin of Yakṣma Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]

Chapter 269 - Greatness of Kapālamocaneśvara (Kapālamocana-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]

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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)

Chapter 34 - The gift of Brahmāṇḍa < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]

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