Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

sura सुर – a god, divinity, deity

substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

sura ·m. ī f. god, goddess.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

sura sura, as, m. (according to Uṇādi-s. II. 24. fr. rt. 3. su, ‘to pour out or extract juice,’ but, according to some, in the masc. sense formed fr. asura as sita fr. asita, see 2. asita, p. 105, col. 3; according to others, more probably to be connected with 2. svar, heaven; cf. rt. sur, col. 2), a god, divinity, deity; a symbolical expres- sion for the number thirty-three, (see tri-daśa, p. 389); a sage, learned man [cf. sūra]; the sun, (in this sense fr. 2. svar or perhaps fr. rt. 4. su; cf. sūra); (ā, ī), f. spirituous or vinous liquor, wine; Wine or Spirituous Liquor (personified as a nymph produced at the churning of the ocean); water, (in Naigh. I. 12. surā is enumerated among the udaka- nāmāni); a drinking vessel; a snake.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

súra (aus asura) UṆĀDIS. 2,24 (es könnte auch surā gemeint sein) m. 1〉 ein Gott AK. 1,1,1,2. H. 88. H. ś. 3. H. an. 2,469. MED. r. 99. HALĀY. 1,4. HALĀY. 1,119. MAITRYUP. 1,4. MAITRYUP. 6,35 (S. 187). YOGATATTVOP._in_Ind. St. 2,49. MBH. 1,1109. MBH. 3,2116. HARIV. 2451. HARIV. 2514. surāpratigrahāddevāḥ surā ityabhiviśrutāḥ R. 1,45,38 (R. 1,46,28 GORR.). ˚gaṇāḥ R. 60,16. R. 63,1. RAGH. 3,56. ad ŚĀK. 193. VIKR. 48. Spr. (II) 7193. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 12,1. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 43,3. PAÑCAT. III, 69. KATHĀS. 23,76. BRAHMA-P. in LA. (III) 52,10. BHĀG. P. 1,12,6. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 78,b,37. DHŪRTAS. 85,11. surāṇāṃ hantā N. eines best. Feuers, eines Sohnes des Tapas, MBH. 3,14168. — 2〉 Bez. der Zahl dreiunddreissig GAṆIT. KAKṢĀDHY. 5. — 3〉 ein Gelehrter. — 4〉 die Sonne ŚABDĀRTHAK._bei_WILSON. — 5〉 MBH. 13,4108 fehlerhaft für svara (so ed. Bomb.). — Vgl. bhū˚, mahī˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. sura — 1〉 m. — a〉 ein Gott. surāṇāṃ hantā Bez. eines best. Feuers, eines Sohnes des Tapas. — b〉 Götterbild, Idol VIṢṆUS. 70,16. 99,14. — c〉 Bez. der Zahl dreiunddreissig. — d〉 ein Gelehrter. — e〉 die Sonne. MBH. 13,410 fehlerhaft für svara. — 2〉 f. ī eine Göttin NAIṢ. 9,28. HEM. PAR. 2,457.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

3. sura m. MBH. 13,102,37 angeblich = kṣura.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

2. *sura n. s. u. súrā.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

suraḥ [suṣṭhu rāti dadātyabhīṣṭaṃ su-rā-ka] 1 A god, deity; surāpratigrahād devāḥ surā ityabhiviśrutāḥ Rām.; sudhayā tarpayate surān pitṝṃ śca V. 3. 7; R. 5. 16. 2 The number ‘thirty-three’. 3 The sun. 4 A sage, learned man. Comp. — aṃganā a celestial woman or damsel, an apsaras; R. 8. 79; — adhipaḥ ([Page 1132-a]) an epithet of Indra. — adhyakṣaḥ N. of Śiva. — ariḥ 1 an enemy of gods, a demon. 2 the chirp of a cricket. ˚han m. N. of Śiva. ˚haṃtṛ m. N. of Viṣṇu. — arhaṃ 1 gold. 2 saffron. — ācāryaḥ an epithet of Bṛhaspati. — āpagā ‘the heavenly river’, an epithet of the Ganges. — ālayaḥ 1 the mountain Meru. 2 heaven, paradise. — ijyaḥ N. of Bṛhaspati. — ijyā the sacred basil. — iṃdraḥ, -īśaḥ, — īśvaraḥ N. of Indra. ˚gopaḥ a cochineal. ˚jit m. N. of Garuḍa. — ibhaḥ a celestial elephant. — iṣṭaḥ the Sāla tree. — īśaḥ -īśvaraḥ 1 N. of Indra. 2 of Śiva. — (rī) 1 the celestial Ganges. 2 Durgā. — uttamaḥ 1 the sun. 2 Indra. — uttaraḥ sandal-wood. — ṛṣiḥ (surarṣiḥ) a divine sage. — kāruḥ an epithet of Viśvakarman. — kārmukaṃ rainbow. — gaṇaḥ 1 N. of Śiva. 2 a host of gods. — guruḥ an epithet of Bṛhaspati. — grāmaṇī m. N. of Indra. — jyeṣṭhaḥ an epithet of Brahman. — taruḥ a tree of paradise. — toṣakaḥ the jewel called Kaustubha; q. v. — dāru n. the Devadāru tree. — dīrghikā an epithet of the Ganges. — duṃdubhī the sacred basil. — dvipaḥ 1 an elephant of the gods. 2 N. of Airāvata. — dbiṣ m. 1 a demon; R. 10. 15. 2 Rāhu; R. 2. 39. — dhanus n. rainbow; suradhanuridaṃ dūrākṛṣṭaṃ na nāma śarāsanaṃ V. 4. 1. — dhūpaḥ turpentine, resin. — nadī, -nimnagā an epithet of the Ganges. — patiḥ an epithet of Indra. — pathaṃ the sky, heaven. — parvataḥ the mountain Meru; q. v. — pādapaḥ a tree of paradise, such as the kalpataru — priyaḥ 1 N. of Indra. 2 of Bṛhaspati. — bhūyaṃ identification with a deity, deification, apotheosis. — bhūruhaḥ the Devadāru tree — maṃdiraṃ a temple; Māl. 9. 1. — yuvatiḥ f. a celestial damsel. — lāsikā a flute, pipe. — lokaḥ heaven. ˚suṃdarī 1 a celestial woman. 2 N. of Durgā — vartman n. the sky. — vallabhā white Dūrvā grass. — vallī the sacred basil. — vidviṣ, — vairin, -śatru m. an evil spirit, a demon. — vilāsinī an apsaras. — śākhin m. the Kalpataru q. v. — sadman n. heaven, paradise. — sarit, -siṃdhu f. the Ganges; surasaridiva tejo vahniniṣṭhyūtamaiśam R. 2. 75. — suṃdarī, -strī 1 a celestial woman: V. 1. 3. 2 N of Durgā. — sthānaṃ a temple.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

sura m., ī f. Gott, Göttin.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

sura sura m. (sur) le Soleil. Un dieu, en gén. Un homme savant. — F. surā, surī (su; sfx. ra) liqueur spiritueuse, en gén. Vase à boire. Serpent. Lat. sol. surakārmuka n. arc-en-ciel.

Occurrences in source texts (5)

HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.34*2–38*1: Asvaṅgaśṛṅkhalā and Kumbhāntaraśṛṅkhalā 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4 occurrences
SiSa 3.81-3.83: Freiheit von Wiederkehr 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.31-4.36: Mahāmudrā-Wirkung 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.51-4.59: Khecarīmudrā 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.121-5.127: Viśuddha 1 occurrence

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