The Sanskrit term Sureṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Suresta or Sureshta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Sureṣṭa (सुरेष्ट) is another name for Vasuka, an unidentified medicinal plant, possibly identified with either Premna barbata Wall. or Calotropis gigantia, according to verse 5.123-124 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 Sureṣṭa and Vasuka, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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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.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Een Kritische Studie Van Svayambhūdeva’s Paümacariu

Sureṣṭa (सुरेष्ट) participated in the war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa, on the side of the latter, as mentioned in Svayambhūdeva’s Paumacariu (Padmacarita, Paumacariya or Rāmāyaṇapurāṇa) chapter 57ff. Svayambhū or Svayambhūdeva (8th or 9th century) was a Jain householder who probably lived in Karnataka. His work recounts the popular Rāma story as known from the older work Rāmāyaṇa (written by Vālmīki). Various chapters [mentioning Sureṣṭa] are dedicated to the humongous battle whose armies (known as akṣauhiṇīs) consisted of millions of soldiers, horses and elephants, etc.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sureṣṭa (सुरेष्ट).—the Sāla tree.

Derivable forms: sureṣṭaḥ (सुरेष्टः).

Sureṣṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sura and iṣṭa (इष्ट).

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

Sureṣṭa (सुरेष्ट).—m.

(-ṣṭaḥ) 1. A tree, (Sesbana grandiflora.) 2. The Sal tree. 3. A kind Punnag or Rottleria. f.

(-ṣṭā) The moon-plant, (Asclepias acida.) E. sura a deity, and iṣṭa wished.

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

1) Sureṣṭa (सुरेष्ट):—[from sura > sur] mfn. beloved or desired by the gods, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Elaeocarpus Ganitrus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Vatica Robusta, [ib.]

4) [v.s. ...] Agati Grandiflora, [ib.]

5) [v.s. ...] = vasuka, [ib.]

6) [v.s. ...] Sesbana Grandiflora, [Horace H. Wilson]

7) Sureṣṭā (सुरेष्टा):—[from sureṣṭa > sura > sur] f. a kind of plant = brāhmī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] Asclepias Acida, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Sureṣṭa (सुरेष्ट):—[su-reṣṭa] (ṣṭaḥ) 1. m. A tree, Sesbana grandiflora; Sāl tree. 1. f. Moon plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sureshta 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ishta, Sura, Cu, Shu.

Starts with: Sureshtaka.

Full-text: Sureshtaka, Vasuka.

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