Virasu, Vīrasū, Vira-su: 7 definitions
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Virasu 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvīrasū (वीरसू).—f S A mother of heroes. See vīrajananī.
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 dictionaryVīrasū (वीरसू).—f. the mother of a hero; (so -vīraprasavā, -prasūḥ, -prasavinī; तस्यात्मनोऽर्धं पत्न्यास्ते नान्वगाद्वीरसूः कृपी (tasyātmano'rdhaṃ patnyāste nānvagādvīrasūḥ kṛpī) Bhāgavata 1.7.45.
Derivable forms: vīrasūḥ (वीरसूः).
Vīrasū is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vīra and sū (सू).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVīrasū (वीरसू).—f.
(-sūḥ) 1. The mother of a hero. 2. The mother of a male child. E. vīra a hero, and sū mother.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVīrasū (वीरसू).—[adjective] bringing forth heroes; [feminine] the mother of a son.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vīrasū (वीरसू):—[=vīra-sū] [from vīra > vīr] f. ‘hero-bearing’, the mother of a hero (-tva n.), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] the mother of a male child, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVīrasū (वीरसू):—[vīra-sū] (sūḥ) 2. f. The mother of a hero, or of a male child.
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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: Vira, Cu, Shu.
Starts with: Viracu, Viracukanakku, Viraculi, Viracuram, Viracuran, Viracutikai, Viracuvarkkam, Virashushma, Virasukha, Virasuri, Virasutva.
Full-text: Suvira, Virasutva, Shu, Viracukanakku, Viras, Viracal, Kaiviracu, Viracu, Vira.
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