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सुराष्ट्र

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From सु- (su-, good) + राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra, realm, dominion).

Pronunciation

Adjective

सुराष्ट्र (súrāṣṭra) stem

  1. Having a good dominion.

Declension

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Proper noun

सुराष्ट्र (súrāṣṭra) stem, m

  1. Saurashtra (a region of Gujarat, India)
  2. An ancient Indian polity (janapada) located in the region.
  3. An ancient city located in the region.

Declension

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  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀲𑀼𑀭𑀱𑁆𑀝 (*suraṣṭa)
    • Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀭𑀝𑁆𑀞 (suraṭṭha)
      • Gurjara Apabhramsa: सुरट्ठु (suraṭṭhu)
    • Ancient Greek: Συραστρηνή (Surastrēnḗ)
    • Middle Chinese: 蘇剌佗 (MC su lat da|tha)

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “सुराष्ट्र”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “súrāṣṭra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 779
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