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Shuki, Śܰī, Sukî, Sukī: 10 definitions

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Shuki means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Śܰī can be transliterated into English as Suki or Shuki, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Śܰī (शुकी).—A daughter of Kaśyapa Prajāpati. Five daughters named Krauñcī, Bhāsī, Śyenī, Dhṛtarāṣṭrī and Śܰī were born to Kaśyapa by his wife Tāmrā. Krauñcī gave birth to owls. Bhāsas were born to Bhāsī and eagles and kites were born to Śyenī. Dhṛtarāṣṭrī gave birth to swans and Cakravākas. Śܰī gave birth to Natā and Vinatā was the daughter of Natā. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇyakāṇḍa, Sarga 14).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Śܰī (शुकी).—Loved by Agnī.*

  • * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IV. 24. 11.

1b) A daughter of Tāmrā and Kaśyapa; married Garutmat and had six sons Triśira, Sumukha, Bala, Pṛṣṭa, Triśankunetra and Surasa who had in their turn a number of sons and grandsons;1 brought forth parrots and owls; gave birth to parrots, owls, and crows (vi. p.)2

  • 1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 8-9, 446; Vāyu-purāṇa 69. 328-30.
  • 2) Matsya-purāṇa 6. 30-31; Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 21. 15-16.
: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Śܰī (शुकी) is a name mentioned in the Ѳٲ (cf. ) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Ѳٲ (mentioning Śܰī) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 śǰ첹 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.

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In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Maṇḍala

Śܰī (शुकी) is the name of a Ḍākinī who, together with the Vīra (hero) named Śuka forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the ܳ, according to the 10th century Ḍākṇa chapter 15. Accordingly, the ܳ refers to one of the three divisions of the 󲹰-ṭa (‘dharma layer�), situated in the ܰ첹ṇḍ. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs [viz., Śܰī] and Vīras are dark blue in color; they each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.

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Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Suki in Japan is the name of a plant defined with Scaevola taccada in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lobelia frutescens Mill. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Taxon (1997)
· Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (1843)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1839)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1788)
· Symbolae Botanicae (1794)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śܰī (शुकी):—[from śܰ첹] f. a female parrot (also the mythical mother of parrots, fabled as daughter or [according to] to some, wife of Kaśyapa), [Ѳٲ; Purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of the wife of Saptarṣi (loved by Agni), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Śܰī (शुकी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ī, ܱ.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śuki (ಶುಕಿ):—[noun] a female parrot.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Tamil dictionary

: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Suki (ஸுகி) noun < sukhin. Pleasure-seeker; சுகம� அனுபவிப்போன். [sugam anupavippon.] (தென். இந�. க்ஷேத். பக�. [then. in. ksheth. pag.] 71).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Sukī (सुकी):—n. a coin worth 25 Nepali paisa;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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