The Sanskrit term Śaravya can be transliterated into English as Saravya or Sharavya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śaravya (शरव्य).—[śarave śaraśikṣāyai hitaṃ śaru-yat] A butt or mark (for arrows), target (fig. also); तौ शरव्यमकरोत् स नेतरान् (tau śaravyamakarot sa netarān) R.11.27; कृताः शरव्यं हरिणा तवासुराः (kṛtāḥ śaravyaṃ hariṇā tavāsurāḥ) Ś.6.28; R.7.45; Śiśupālavadha 7.24; व्यसनशतशरव्यतां गताः (vyasanaśataśaravyatāṃ gatāḥ) K.

Derivable forms: śaravyam (शरव्यम्).

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Saravya (सरव्य).—See शरव्य (śaravya).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śaravya (शरव्य).—n.

(-vyaṃ) A mark, a butt. E. śaru a weapon, and yat aff.

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Saravya (सरव्य).—n.

(-vyaṃ) A butt or mark for shooting at. E. sara an arrow, vyeñ to cover, aff. ḍa; also śaravya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śaravya (शरव्य).—[śara + vya] (or śaru + ya?), n. A butt, a mark for arrows, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 156; aim, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 11, 27.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śaravya (शरव्य).—[neuter] aim, [abstract] tā [feminine]; vyā [feminine] arrowshot or hail of arrows.

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

1) Śaravya (शरव्य):—[from śara] a mf(ā)n. ([from] śaru below) capable of wounding or injuring, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) Śaravyā (शरव्या):—[from śaravya > śara] f. ‘an arrow-shot’ or ‘a shower of arrows’ [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] an ar°, missile, an ar° personified, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

4) Śaravya (शरव्य):—[from śara] n. a butt or mark for ar°, aim, target, [Kāvya literature]

5) b etc. See p. 1056, col. 3.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śaravya (शरव्य):—(vyaṃ) 1. n. A mark or butt.

2) Saravya (सरव्य):—(vyaṃ) 1. n. A butt or mark for shooting at.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sharavya in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śaravya (ಶರವ್ಯ):—[noun] the target at which an arrow is shot.

context information

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Sharavyaka, Sharavyam, Sharavyata, Sharavyavyadha, Sharavyay, Sharavyaya.

Ends with: Asharavya.

Full-text: Sharavyam, Sharavyaka, Sharavyavyadha, Sharavyata, Sharavyay, Asharavya, Caraviyam.

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