Query is empty or invalid! Please provide a valid query.
?

This search widget will find dictionary entries based on the selected search mode.

You can type text using the chosen transliteration scheme.


Transliteration Schemes

Read about transliteration schemes for typing Sanskrit text with an English keyboard:


Search Modes
  • Exact Word: Finds entries that exactly match the search term.
  • Prefix: Finds words that start with the search term.
  • Regex: Use regular expressions to match the word or its variants.
  • Translations (FTS): Full-text search in entry meanings. Use "word*" for prefix matching.

Dictionary Search Results

Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
śunaशुनśuná m. (prob. fr. √ śū or śvi, and connected with śūra, śūṣa &c.) ‘the Auspicious one’, N. of Vāyu, [Nir.]
of Indra, [ĀśvŚr.]
śuná n. growth, success, prosperity, welfare, [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]
m. = śvan, a dog, [L.]
śunaḥशुनःin comp. for śunas.
śunamशुनम्śunám (ám), ind. happily, auspiciously, for growth or prosperity, [RV.]; [AV.]
śunasशुनस्gen. of śvan in comp.
śunakīशुनकीf. a bitch, [L.]
śunakaशुनकm. a young or small dog, any dog, [MBh. xiii, 6070] (cf. [Uṇ. ii, 32], Sch.)
N. of a Ṛṣi, [MBh.]
of an Āṅgirasa and disciple of Pathya, [BhP.]
of a king, [MBh.]
of a son of Ruru, [ib.]
of a son of Ṛcīka, [R.]
of a son of Ṛta, [BhP.]
of a son of Gṛtsa-mada, [Hariv.]
of the slayer of Puraṃ-jaya and father of Pradyota, [BhP.]
= śaunaka, [Cat.]
pl. the family or race of Śunaka, [ŚrS.] (cf. śaunaka)
śunavatशुनवत्śuná-vat or śunā́-vat, mfn. (prob.) furnished with a share (as a plough), [TBr.]
śunaḥśephaशुनःशेफśunaḥ-śepha m. later and less correct form of śunaḥ-śepa.
śunaḥśepaशुनःशेपśúnaḥ-śépa m. ‘dog-tailed’, N. of a Vedic Ṛṣi (having the patr. Ājīgarti, as son of Ajīgarta or Ajīgarta, and regarded as the author of the hymns, [i, 24]-[30], [ix, 3]; accord. to [AitBr. vii, 13]-[18], king Hariścandra, whose priest was Viśvā-mitra, being childless, made a vow that on obtaining a son he would sacrifice him to the god Varuṇa; a son was then born to him named Rohita, but Hariścandra put off on various pretexts the fulfilment of his vow, and when he at length consented to perform it, his son refused to be sacrificed, and retiring to the forest passed six years there until he met a poor Brāhman Ṛṣi named Ajīgarta, who had three sons, the second of whom, Śunaḥ-śepa, was purchased by Rohita for a hundred cows to serve as a substitute for himself ; Varuṇa having accepted him as a ransom, he was about to be sacrificed, Viśvā-mitra being Hotṛ priest, when he saved himself by reciting verses in praise of various deities, and was received into the family of Viśvā-mitra as one of his sons under the name of Deva-rāta q.v.: the legend is different in the Rāmāyaṇa, which makes Ambarīṣa, king of Ayodhyā, perform a sacrifice, the victim of which is stolen by Indra; this king is described as wandering over the earth in search of either the real victim or a substitute until he meets with a Brāhman named Ṛcīka, from whom he purchases his middle son, Śunaḥ-śepa, who is about to be sacrificed, when Viśvā-mitra saves him by teaching him a prayer to Agni and two hymns to Indra and Viṣṇu; see [R. i, 61, 62]), [RV.] &c. &c. ([IW. 25]-[27])
śúnaḥ-śépa n. the genital organ of a dog, [MW.]
śunaḥsakhaशुनःसखśunaḥ-sakha m. ‘dog's friend’, N. of a man, [MBh.]
śunaṃkuriशुनंकुरिśuna—ṃ-kuri (for kari?) m. ‘causing growth or prosperity’, N. of a rural deity, [PārGṛ.]
śunahotraशुनहोत्रśuná—hotra (śuná-), m. ‘offering auspicious sacrifices’, N. of a son of Bharad-vāja (and author of [RV. vi, 33, 34]; pl. his family), [Anukr.]
of a son of Kṣatra-vṛddha, [Hariv.] (written suna-h°).
śunapṛṣṭhaशुनपृष्ठśuná—pṛṣṭha (śuná-), mfn. having a back fit for riding (as a horse), [RV. vii, 70, 1] (accord. to others ‘carrying food on his back’).
śunaḥpucchaशुनःपुच्छśunaḥ—puccha m. ‘dog-tailed’, N. of one of the three sons of Ṛcīka (or accord. to [AitBr.] the eldest of the three sons of Ajīgarta), [AitBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Hariv.]
of the author of a law-book (-smṛti f. his wk.)
śunakasutaशुनकसुतśunaka—suta m. = śaunaka, [Cat.]
śunaskarṇaशुनस्कर्णśunas—karṇa m. ‘dog-eared’, N. of a man, [PañcavBr.] (cf. g. kaskādi).
śunaṃhuvīyāशुनंहुवीयाśuna—ṃ-huvīyā f. N. of the verse, [RV. iii, 30, 22] (beginning with the words śuṇáṃ huvema), [AitBr.]
śunakacillīशुनकचिल्लीśunaka—cillī f. a kind of culinary herb (= śva-cillī), [L.]
śunakaputraशुनकपुत्रśunaka—putra m. ‘Śunaka's son’, Śaunaka (also applied to Gṛtsa-mada, who is elsewhere described as the father of Śunaka), [MW.]
śunakakañcukaशुनककञ्चुकśunaka—kañcuka m. a kind of plant (= kṣudra-cañcu), [L.]
śunaḥpucchasmṛtiशुनःपुच्छस्मृतिśunaḥ—puccha—smṛti f., wk. by śunaḥpuccha