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surabhi

su—rabhi See s.v.


su-rabhí mf(is, or I)n. (prob. fr. 5. su + √ rabh, = ‘affecting pleasantly’) sweet-smelling, fragrant, [RV.] &c. &c.


charming, pleasing, lovely, [RV.]; [AV.]; [AitBr.]


famous, celebrated, [Kāvyād. ii, 176]


best, excellent, [L.]


good, virtuous, [L.]


friendly, a friend, [W.]


su-rabhí m. fragrance, perfume, any sweet-smelling substance, [L.]


N. of various fragrant plants and substances (accord. to [L.] ‘Michelia Champaka; Nauclea Cadamba; a kind of jasmine; nutmeg’ &c. &c.), [Suśr.]


the season of spring, [Kāv.]


the month Caitra, [L.]


a fire lighted at the fixing of the sacrificial post, [L.]


su-rabhí f(i also I). N. of various plants (Boswellia, Thurifera; Prosopis Spicigera or Mimosa Suma &c.), [L.]


spirituous liquor (cf. surā; v.l. murā), [L.]


N. of a fabulous cow (daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa, mother of cattle and of the Rudras, sometimes considered as one of the Mātṛs or as the cow of plenty; surabheḥ sutāḥ, ‘the children of Surabhi’ i.e. ‘cattle’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. ([IW. 519])


any cow (accord. to [L.] ‘a brown cow’), [Vās.]


the earth, [L.]


su-rabhi (i), n. a fragrant smell or substance, perfume, [ŚBr.]; [GṛŚrS.]; [ChUp.]; [R.]


su-rabhí m. sulphur, [L.]


gold, [L.]