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śukra

śukrá mf(A/)n. (fr. √ 1. śuc cf. śukla) bright, resplendent, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; [MBh.]


clear, pure, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]


light-coloured, white, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhBr.]


pure, spotless, [RV.]; [Br.]


śukrá m. N. of Agni or fire, [R.]


of a month (Jyeṣṭha = May-June, personified as the guardian of Kubera's treasure), [MBh.]; [Suśr.]


the planet Venus or its regent (regarded as the son of Bhṛgu and preceptor of the Daityas), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.


clear or pure Soma, [RV.]


(with or scil. graha) a partic. Graha or receptacle for Soma, [VS.]; [ŚBr.]


a partic. astrol. Yoga, [L.]


a N. of the Vyāhṛtis (bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svar), [MW.]


a kind of plant (= citraka), [ib.]


N. of a Marutvat, [Hariv.]


of a son of Vasiṣṭha, [VP.]


of the third Manu, [Hariv.]


of one of the seven sages under Manu Bhautya, [MārkP.]


of a son of Bhava, [VP.]


of a son of Havir-dhāna (cf. śukla), [VP.]


(with Jainas) of a partic. Kalpa (q.v.)


śukrá n. brightness, clearness, light, [RV.]; [Up.]; [MBh.]; [R.]


(also pl.) any clear liquid (as water, Soma &c.), [RV.]; [VS.]


juice, the essence of anything, [Br.]; [ŚrS.] (also pl.)


semen virile, seed of animals (male and female), sperm, [RV.] &c. &c.


a morbid affection of the iris (change of colour &c. accompanied by imperfect vision; cf. śukla), [Suśr.]; [ŚārṅgS.]


a good action, [L.]


gold, wealth, [L.]


N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]


of a Vedic metre, [RPrāt.]