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शूर्पणखा (zUrpaNakhA)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
शूर्प्पणखा
f.
 (-खा) The sister of the Daitya RĀVAṆA.
E.
 शूर्प्प a winnow-
ing basket, and नख a finger nail, (having them as large, ) fem.
aff.
टाप् or ङीप्, whence also शूर्प्पणखी ।
Capeller Eng
English
शूर्पणखा (or °खी)
f.
N.
 of Rāvaṇa's sister.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
शूर्पणखा zUrpaNakhA
f.
 having fingernails like winnowing fans - name of the sister of rAvaNa
Monier Williams Cologne
English
शूर्प—णखा (rarely -णखी)
f.
 (wrongly -नखा, °खी
cf.
Pāṇ.
 iv, 1, 58) ‘having fingernails like w° fans’
N.
 of the sister of Rāvaṇa (she fell in love with Rāma-candra and, being rejected by him and insulted by Sītā's laughter, assumed a hideous form and threatened to eat her up, but was beaten off by Lakṣmaṇa, who cut off her ears and nose and thus doubly disfigured her
in revenge she incited her brother to carry off Sītā),
MBh.
R.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
शूर्पणखा
स्त्री*
 शूर्पः-णखा -
"जिसके नख छाज जैसे लंबे चौड़े हों, रावण की बहन का नाम "
L R Vaidya
English
SUrpa-RaKA {% f. %} name of a sister of Rāvaṇa. (See App. II.)
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
 शूर्पणखा
noun
एका राक्षसी या रावणस्य स्वसा आसीत्।
"लक्ष्मणेन शूर्पणखायाः कर्णनासिकं छिन्नम्।"
Mahabharata
English
Śūrpaṇakhā, name of a female Rākshasa. § 526 (Rāmopākhyānap.): III, 275, 15896 (daughter of Viśravas and Rākā), 15900 (siddhavighnakarī), 15907.--§ 528 (Rāvanāgamana): III, 277, 15986, 15989 (when Rāma had slain Khara and Dūshaṇa, Ś. repaired to Rāvaṇa to instigate him to take revenge).
पुराणम्
English
शूर्पणखा / ŚŪRPAṆAKHĀ. Rāvaṇa's sister.1) viśravas, son of brahmā and kaikasī daughter of sumālī lived in the forest called Sleṣmātaka. Once kaikasī had a sexual union with viśravas at an untimely hour. As a result of this union, kaikasī gave birth to four children at intervals of one yāma each. These children were, rāvaṇa, kumbhakarṇa, vibhīṣaṇa and śūrpaṇakhā. (Kamba rāmāyaṇa, Bāla Kāṇḍa).2) Domestic Life. śūrpaṇakhā was married to the rākṣasa, vidyujjihva. The son who was born to the couple was named Śambhukumāra.
The kālakeyas were the brothers of vidyujjihva. At the time of Rāvaṇa's return after his triumphal march, a battle took place between him and the kālakeyas. The kālakeyas fell under the sword of rāvaṇa. Enraged at the death of his brothers, vidyujjihva encountered rāvaṇa. In the battle that followed, vidyujjihva was killed. On hearing about her husband's death, śūrpaṇakhā went to rāvaṇa wailing and lamenting. Moved to pity at the sight of her tears, rāvaṇa said:- “Dear Sister! You may travel through the three worlds and accept any man you like as your husband. Is there any one who would not wish to become my relative? Go and marry a husband suited to you. If any one turns down your proposal, just inform me. I shall come and make him your husband.”
śūrpaṇakhā was pleased. She at once started going round the three worlds with khara, dūṣaṇa and triśiras. (uttara rāmāyaṇa
Kambarāmāyaṇa, araṇya Kāṇḍa).3) Before lakṣmaṇa. Śūrpaṇakhā's son, Śambhukumāra was performing tapas to śiva in daṇḍakāraṇya. It was at this time that śrī rāma and lakṣmaṇa arrived in the forest, accompanied by sītā. They reached the place called pañcavaṭī in daṇḍakāraṇya. śrī rāma wished to set up his hermitage in the middle of the five “vaṭa” trees in pañcavaṭī.
At the very sight of sītā, Śambhukumāra fell in love with her. He stood there in the form of a tree. While building the hermitage, Lakṣmana felled that tree and thus Śambhukumāra was killed. (See under Śambhukumāra).
The widowed śūrpaṇakhā, in her search for a suitable husband happened to reach and settle down at the southern border of daṇḍakāraṇya. She had failed in her search so far.
It was at this stage that she came to know of śrī rāma and his party. She disguised herself as lalitā and entered Śrī Rāma's āsrama. The sight of śrī rāma made her a victim to carnal passion. She submitted her desire to him, but he turned down her prayer. The disappointed śūrpaṇakhā left the āśrama at once. But she appeared again in front of sītā. Feeling that so long as sītā was alive, śrī rāma would not be prepared to court her, śūrpaṇakhā rushed furiously at sītā.
lakṣmaṇa who was watching the whole scene, suddenly rushed to the spot and pushed her out of the āśrama. He cut off her ears, nose and breasts.
śūrpaṇakhā, bleeding profusely from her mutilation, hastened to her brother rāvaṇa to inform him of the calamity. In obedience to Rāvaṇa's command, khara, dūṣaṇa and others who came and encountered rāma and lakṣmaṇa, were also slain in the battle. (Kamba rāmāyaṇa, araṇya Kāṇḍa).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
शूर्पणखा,
स्त्री,
 (शूर्पा इव नखा यस्याः । “पूर्व्व-पदात् संज्ञायामगः ।” ८ । ४ । ३ । इतिणचम् । “नखमुखात् संज्ञायाम् ।” ४ । १ । ५८ ।इति न ङीप ।) रावणभगिनी । इति शब्द-मालाशब्दरत्नावल्यौ ॥
(यथा, रघुः । १२ ।३८ ।“रूपं शूर्पणखानाम्नः सदृशं प्रत्यपद्यत ॥
”)
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
शूर्पणखा(खी) स्त्री शूर्प इव नखा अस्याः णत्वम् वा ङीष् ।रावणभगिन्यां शब्दमा० ।
Capeller
German
शूर्पणखा (u.
°खी)
f.
 N. einer Rākṣasī.