Sphurja, Sphūrja, Sphūrjā: 7 definitions
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Sphurja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexSphūrja (स्फूर्ज).—The Rākṣasa presiding over the month of Puṣya: a son of Yātudhāna and father of Nikumbha;1 with the sun in the Hemanta;2 with the sun during the Pauṣya month.3
- 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa XII. 11. 42; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 89, 95.
- 2) Vāyu-purāṇa 52. 19.
- 3) Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 10. 14.
The Purana (पुराण, 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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaSphūrja (स्फूर्ज) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Diospyros malabarica (Desr.) Kostel.” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning sphūrja] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySphūrja (स्फूर्ज).—
1) The crashing sound of a thunder-clap.
2) Indra's thunder-bolt.
3) Sudden burst or rise, as in नर्मस्फूर्ज (narmasphūrja).
4) First union of lovers characterized by joy in the beginning and some expectation of fear in the end.
Derivable forms: sphūrjaḥ (स्फूर्जः).
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Sphūrjā (स्फूर्जा).—The crashing sound of a thunder-clap; कुर्याद्योगिनमप्येष स्फूर्जावान् परिमोहिनम् (kuryādyoginamapyeṣa sphūrjāvān parimohinam) Bhaṭṭikāvya 7.1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySphūrja (स्फूर्ज).—i. e. sphurij + a, m. 1. The sound of thunder. 2. Indra's thunderbolt.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySphūrja (स्फूर्ज).—[masculine] a cert. plant.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sphūrja (स्फूर्ज):—[from sphūrj] m. the crashing sound of thunder, thunder-clap, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] Indra’s thunderbolt, [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] sudden outbreak (cf. narma-sph)
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a Rākṣasa, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] a kind of plant (= sphūrjaka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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.
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Starts with: Sphurjaka, Sphurjana, Sphurjasphurjjati, Sphurjathu, Sphurjavat.
Ends with: Apasphurja, Avasphurja, Kakasphurja, Narmasphurja, Vidyutsphurja, Visphurja.
Full-text: Narmasphurja, Sphurjavat, Kakasphurja, Sphinja, Avasphurja, Sphanja, Visphurja, Sphurj, Nikumbha.
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