Suhma, 厂耻丑尘腻: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) Suhma (啶膏啶灌啶�).鈥擜 country famous in the Pur膩峁嘺s. It is stated in 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补, 膧di Parva, Chapter 112, Verse 29, that P膩峁囜笉u had conquered this country which was situated on the Eastern part of Bh膩rata. Bh墨masena also conquered this country during his regional conquest of the east. (惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 Sabh膩 Parva, Chapter 30, Verse 16).
2) Suhma (啶膏啶灌啶�).鈥擜 country situated in the mountainous region of North India. It is mentioned in 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补, Sabh膩 Parva, Chapter 27, Verse 21, that Arjuna conquered this country during his regional conquest of the North.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Suhma (啶膏啶灌啶�).鈥擝orn of D墨rghatamas and Bali's wife.*
- * Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 IX. 23. 5.
1b) A B膩laya K峁tra (Brahm膩); a son of Bali.*
- * V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 99. 28.
Suhma (啶膏啶灌啶�) is a name mentioned in the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (cf. II.24.20, II.27.14, II.27.23, II.31.12, VI.10.44) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (mentioning Suhma) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 艣濒辞办补蝉 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraSuhma (啶膏啶灌啶�) [=Suhmajana?] refers to a country belonging to 鈥淧奴rv膩 or P奴rvade艣a (eastern division)鈥� classified under the constellations of 膧rdr膩, Punarvasu and Pu峁a, according to the system of 碍奴谤尘补惫颈产丑腻驳补, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 14), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var膩hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he countries of the Earth beginning from the centre of Bh膩ratavar峁 and going round the east, south-east, south, etc., are divided into 9 divisions corresponding to the 27 lunar asterisms at the rate of 3 for each division and beginning from K峁泃tik膩. The constellations of 膧rdr膩, Punarvasu and Pu峁a represent the eastern division consisting of [i.e., Suhma] [...]鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary厂耻丑尘腻 (啶膏啶灌啶ぞ).鈥�(m. pl.) Name of a people; 啶嗋い啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶膏啶班啷嵿し啶苦い啶� 啶膏啶灌啶啶班啶掂啶む啶むた啶ぞ啶多啶班た啶む啶� 啶掂啶むじ啷�啶 (膩tm膩 sa峁價ak峁ta岣� suhmairv峁泃tim膩艣ritya vaitas墨m) R.4.35.
Derivable forms: 蝉耻丑尘腻岣� (啶膏啶灌啶ぞ啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySuhma (啶膏啶灌啶�).鈥攎. pl. Name of a people, [Raghuva峁兣沘, (ed. Stenzler.)] 4, 35.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySuhma (啶膏啶灌啶�).鈥擺masculine] [plural] [Name] of a people.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySuhma (啶膏啶灌啶�):鈥�m. Name of a district or ([plural]) a people in the west of Bengal (called after Suhma, the son of D墨rgha-tamas and Su-de峁ａ箛膩, the wife of Bali, or the son of K膩帽cane峁dhi id est. Bali in a former birth), [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补; Hariva峁兣沘; Pur膩峁嘺]
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Suhmaka, Suhmanagara.
Full-text: Prasuhma, Suhmanagara, Suhmaka, Sauhma, Tungadhanvan, Sauhmanagara, Sahma, Culamagandiya, Suhva, Dirghatamas, Radha, Bali, Sudeshna.
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Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal (by Shubha Majumder)
Geographical as well as Geo-political unit of Zone II < [Chapter 2 - Geographical Setting of the Study Area]
Geographical as well as Geo-political unit of Zone I < [Chapter 2 - Geographical Setting of the Study Area]
General Introduction < [Chapter 2 - Geographical Setting of the Study Area]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter XVIII - Lineage of Anu, the son of Yayati < [Book IV]
Topographical Lists from the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 < [Book II]
Acaranga-sutra (by Hermann Jacobi)
Lecture 8, Lesson 3 < [Book 1]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 8.4 - The region of P奴rvade艣a (eastern part) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩]
Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)