Suryabhakta, Surya-bhakta, Sūryabhaktā, Sūryabhakta: 10 definitions

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Suryabhakta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

[«previous next»] — Suryabhakta in Ayurveda glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Sūryabhaktā (सूर्यभक्ता) is another name (synonym) for Ajagandhā, which is the Sanskrit word for Cleome gynandra (stinkweed), a plant from the Cleomaceae family. Ajagandhā is also known as Tilaparṇikā, which is classified as a vegetable (śāka) by Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work.

Sūryabhaktā was identified as a synonym for Ajagandhā in the Bhāvaprakāśa, which is a 16th-century medicinal thesaurus authored by Bhāvamiśra.

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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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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«previous next»] — Suryabhakta in Purana glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Sūryabhakta (सूर्यभक्त).—Eligible for Pārvaṇa śrāddha.*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 16. 9.
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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Suryabhakta in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sūryabhakta (सूर्यभक्त).—c (S) A worshiper of the sun. 2 A jocose term for a Bankrupt. (As a man, declaring bankruptcy, holds up his arms in the manner of a sun-worshiper.)

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

sūryabhakta (सूर्यभक्त).—c A worshipper of the sun. A jocose term for a bankrupt.

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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

[«previous next»] — Suryabhakta in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sūryabhakta (सूर्यभक्त).—a. one who worships the sun.

-ktaḥ the tree Bandhūka or its flower.

Sūryabhakta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sūrya and bhakta (भक्त).

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

Sūryabhakta (सूर्यभक्त) or Sūryyabhakta.—mfn.

(-ktaḥ-ktā-ktaṃ) Devoted to, or worshipping the sun. m.

(-ktaḥ) A flower, (Pentapetes phœnicea.) E. sūrya the sun, bhakta attached to.

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

1) Sūryabhakta (सूर्यभक्त):—[=sūrya-bhakta] [from sūrya > sūr] mfn. worshipping the sun, one who worships the sun, [Catalogue(s)]

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

3) Sūryabhaktā (सूर्यभक्ता):—[=sūrya-bhaktā] [from sūrya-bhakta > sūrya > sūr] f. a kind of plant, [ib.]

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

Sūryabhakta (सूर्यभक्त):—[sūrya-bhakta] (ktaḥ) 1. m. A flower, Pentapetes phoenicea. a. Devoted to the sun.

[Sanskrit to German]

Suryabhakta 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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Suryabhakta in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sūryabhakta (ಸೂರ್ಯಭಕ್ತ):—

1) [noun] a devotee of the Sun-God.

2) [noun] the plant Centella asiatica ( = Hydrocotyle asiatica of Apiaceae family; (?).

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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.

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