1. süri-
m
The corpus record — Sanskrit
śūrā
m
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Distribution
- Bhagavad Gita 3 · 3.49/10k
- Chandogya Upanisad 7 · 1.49/10k
- Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 3 · 0.4/10k
Senses
2. śūr
śūr (also written sūr) cl. 4. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxvi, 48 ) śūryate, to hurt, injure, kill (only in pf. śuśūre, ‘he cut off [the head]’, Śiś. xix, 108 ); to be or make firm, Dhātup. ; ib. ; cl. 10. Ā. to be powerful or valiant (in this sense rather Nom. fr. next), Dhātup. xxxv, 48.
3. sūr
śūr (also written sūr) cl. 4. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxvi, 48 ) śūryate, to hurt, injure, kill (only in pf. śuśūre, ‘he cut off [the head]’, Śiś. xix, 108 ); to be or make firm, Dhātup. ; ib. ; cl. 10. Ā. to be powerful or valiant (in this sense rather Nom. fr. next), Dhātup. xxxv, 48.
4. śūra
śūra mfn. ( prob. fr. √ 1. śū = śvi and connected with śavas, śuna, śūna) strong, powerful, valiant, heroic, brave ( cf. tama and tara), RV. ; MBh.
5. سُر
sur (rather Nom. fr. sura below) cl. 6. P. surati, to rule, possess supreme or superhuman power, Dhātup. xxviii, 50 ; to shine, ib. ; cl. 10. P. surayati, to find fault ( v.l. for svar), xxxv, 11 .
6. سُرَ
sura m. ( prob. fr. asura as if fr. asura and as sita fr. asita; thought by some to be connected with 2. svar) a god, divinity, deity (surāṇāṃhantṛ m. ‘slayer of the gods’, N. of a partic. form of fire, son of Tapas ), MaitrUp. ; MBh. &c.
7. surā
surā f. ( ifc. also n(sura). ; prob. fr. √ 3. su, ‘to distil’, and not connected with sura, ‘a god’) spirituous liquor, wine (in ancient times ‘a kind of beer’)
Attestations
- śūrā Bhagavad Gita 1.4
- śūrā Bhagavad Gita 1.9
- surāṇām Bhagavad Gita 2.8
- surāḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,3.2
- surāṇāṃ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,3.2
- surāṇāṃ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,3.2
6 of 13 attestations shown.
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Authority pointers, pending review
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- vol. 3, scan p. 814; entry #14058 Review: Under source audit
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