सरमा (saramA)
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शब्दसागरः
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Spoken Sanskrit
English सरमा saramA fleet one
सरमा saramA female dog in general
सरमा saramA bitch
सरमा saramA name of mythical female dog [ God Indra ]
Wilson
EnglishApte
Englishसरमा [saramā], [सृ-अमः 4.9]
A bitch.
The bitch of the gods.
of a daughter of Dakṣa.
of the wife of Bibhīṣaṇa, brother of Rāvaṇa.
Apte 1890
EnglishMonier Williams Cologne
Englishसर॑मा a ‘the fleet one’, of a female dog belonging to Indra and the gods (represented in x, 14, 10 as the mother of the four-eyed brindled dogs of Yama [cf. 470], and called in i, 671 देव-शुनी
in the said to have gone in search of and recovered the cows stolen by the Paṇis
elsewhere regarded as the mother of beasts of prey Saramā Deva-śunī is also said to be the authoress of part of x, 108),
Monier Williams 1872
Englishसरमा, f. (probably fr. rt. सृ), ‘the runner, ’
N. of the dog of Indra (represented in Ṛg-veda X.
14, 10. as the mother of the four-eyed brindled dogs
of Yama, and called in Mahā-bhārata Ādi-p. 671.
देव-शुनी
in the Ṛg-veda this dog is said to
have gone in search of and recovered the cows stolen
by the Paṇis
according to some modern scholars
Saramā may be one of the names of उषस्, ‘Dawn, ’
the cows representing the rays of the sun stolen by
the night
the name Saramā is also thought to cor-
respond with Helena
and Sārameya, q. v., is regarded
as connected with Hermes, Saramā being by some
identified with the Wind, as conductor of the souls
of the departed
Saramā Deva-śunī is said to be the
authoress of part of Ṛg-veda X. 108)
a female
dog, bitch
N. of the wife of Vibhīṣaṇa (Rāvaṇa's
brother)
of a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of
Kaśyapa.
Macdonell
EnglishBenfey
EnglishApte Hindi
Hindiसरमा
- सृ + अम + टाप्
देवों की कुतिया
सरमा
- सृ + अम + टाप्
दक्ष की पुत्री का नाम
सरमा
- सृ + अम + टाप्
रावण के भाई विभीषण की पत्नी का नाम
L R Vaidya
EnglishLanman
EnglishWordnet
Sanskrit सरमा
बिभीषणस्य पत्नी।
"सरमा गन्धर्वस्य पुत्री आसीत्।"
अभिधानचिन्तामणिः
Sanskritविश्वकद्रुस्तु कुशलो मृगव्ये सरमा शुनी ।
विश्वकद्रु (पुं), सरमा (स्त्री), शुनी (स्त्री)
अभिधानचिन्तामणीशिलोच्छः
Sanskritसरमा देवशुन्यां च यमरथोऽपि सैरिभे ॥ ११३ ॥
सरमा (स्त्री), देवशुनी (स्त्री), यमरथ (पुं)
अभिधानरत्नमाला
Sanskritशुनकी
शुनकी, सरमा
अलर्को रोगितो ज्ञेयः शुनकी सरमोच्यते ॥ २८२ ॥
verse 2.1.1.282
page 0034
Mahabharata
EnglishSaramā, the bitch of the gods. § 12 (Paushyap.): I, 3, ††668, ††671 (devaśunyā, cursed Janamejaya and his brothers). --§ 270 (Brahmasabhāv.): II, 11, 457 (in the palace of Brahmán).--§ 502 (Manushyagrahak.): III, 230, 14487 (mātā śunāṃ, a demon).
पुराणम्
Englishसरमा १ / SARAMĀ I .1) General. Bitch of the devas. śyāma and śabala, sons of saramā, were two prominent messengers of yama and they possessed four eyes each. The offsprings of these dogs are called Sārameyas. The ṛgveda and mahābhārata contain a story about saramā cursing janamejaya. (For details see under śrutaśravas III).2) Other information. (i) saramā worships brahmā in his court. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 11, Verse 40).(ii) saramā is a graha (Evil spirit) of subrahmaṇya which enters the womb of pregnant women and steals the babies. (Vana Parva, Chapter 230, Verse 34).(iii) saramā after having once drunk milk from dasyus lied about it to indra, and he punished her. (varāha purāṇa).(iv) indra once deputed saramā to find out the place where the paṇis had hidden the cows on condition that he would feed her children. saramā found out the place and informed indra about it thus earning for her children their livelihood. (ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Chapter 5).
सरमा २ / SARAMĀ II. Wife of vibhīṣaṇa and daughter of the gandharva called śailūṣa. saramā consoled sītā weeping under the aśoka tree in laṅkā. (vālmīki rāmāyaṇa, Yuddhakāṇḍa, Canto 33, Verse 1).
सरमा ३ / SARAMĀ III. Daughter of Dakṣaprajāpati by his wife Asiknī. She was married by kaśyapa maharṣi and from her were born the ferocious animals on earth. (bhāgavata, skandha 6).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskritसरमा, (रमया शोभया सह वर्त्तमाना ।)राक्षसीभेदः । सा च विभीषणपत्नी । (इयंलङ्कावाससमये सीतायाः प्रणयिनी आसीत् ।एतद्बृत्तान्तस्तु रामायणे लङ्काकाण्डे । ३३ ।३४ । अध्याययोर्द्रष्टव्यः ॥
) कुक्कुरी । देवशुनी ।इति मेदिनी ॥
(यथा, महाभारते । १ । ३ । ११ ।“जनमेजय एवमुक्तो देवशुन्या सरमया भृशंसम्भ्रान्तो विषण्णश्चासीत् ॥
”) कश्यपपत्नी-विशेषः । तदपत्यानि भ्रमरादयः । यथा, --“गोलाङ्गुलश्चकोरश्च चैत्यापत्यं तथैव च ।अपत्यं सरमायाश्च गणो वै भ्रमरादयः ॥
”इति वह्निपुराणे काश्यपीयवंशनामाध्यायः ॥
वाचस्पत्यम्
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