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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry शत्रु

  1. शत्रुśatruthe party or side of an enemy.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -पक्षः

      1. the party or side of an enemy.
      2. an opponent, antagonist.

    • -मर्दनः

      1. an epithet of Śatrughna.
      2. a kind of pavilion.

    • -लाव Adjective killing foes.

    • -विग्रहः a hostile invasion.

    • -विनाशनः an epithet of Śiva.

    • -सह, -साह Adjective withstanding an enemy.

    • -सेविन् Adjective serving a hostile prince; शत्रुसेविनि मित्रे च गूढे युक्ततरो भवेत् Ms.7. 186.

    • -हत्या foe-slaughter.

    • -हन् Adjective foe-slayer.

    • शत्रुः śatruḥ

      1. शद्-त्रुन् Uṇ.4.13
      2. An overthrower, a destroyer, conqueror.
      3. An enemy, a foe, an adversary; क्षमा शत्रौ च मित्रे च यतीनामेव भुषणम् Subhāṣ; ऋणकर्ता पिता शत्रुर्माता च व्यभिचारिणी । भार्या रूपवती शत्रुः पुत्रः शत्रुरपण्डितः ॥ Subhāṣ.
      4. A political rival, a rival neighbouring king.

    • -उपजापः the secret whisperings of a foe, treacherous overtures of an enemy.

    • -कर्षण, -दमन, -निबर्हण Adjective subduing, overpowering, or destroying enemies.

    • -कुलम् the house of an enemy; शत्रुकुलं गच्छेत् Ms.8.93.

    • -गृहम् Name of the 6th astrological mansion.

    • -घ्नः 'destroyer of enemies', an epithet of a brother of Rāma and twin brother of Lakṣmaṇa, being a son of Sumitrā. He killed the demon Lavaṇa and colonized Mathurā. He had two sons named Subāhu and Bahusruta; see R.15.

    • -निबर्हण Adjective foe-destroying.

    In the Gita3·436·611·3312·1816·14

    जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् ॥

    jahi śatruṁ mahābāho kāmarūpaṁ durāsadam. — Thus awakening by the understanding to the Highest which is beyond even the discerning mind, putting force on the self by the self to make it firm and… 3·43
    • शत्रुम्śatrumaccusative singular of the masculine noun śatru (enemy).
    • शत्रुवत्‌śatruvatthe masculine noun śatru (enemy) with the suffix vat having the sense of likeness (as an enemy).
    • शत्रुन्‌śatrunaccusative plural of the masculine noun śatru (enemy).
    • शत्रौśatraulocative singular of the masculine noun śatru (enemy) used in the sense of the Dative Singular.
    • शत्रुःśatruḥnominative singular of the masculine noun śatru (enemy).
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Headwords under श

Part 1 of 10 श – शपितAll parts
  1. श – शपित
  2. शप्त – शल्ल
  3. शल्लक – शाबरिका
  4. शाबल्यम् – शिक्यित
  5. शिक्ष् – शीघ्रीय
  6. शीघ्ऱ्यम् – शुषिर
  7. शुषिरा – शैवल
  8. शैवलिनी – श्येन
  9. श्यै – श्लीपदिन्
  10. श्लील – श्वैत्रम्