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Entry श्वशुर

श्वशुरśvaśuraA father-in-law, wife'a or husband's father; राजर्त्विक्- स्नातकगुरून् प्रियश्वशुरमातुलान् । अर्हयन्मधुपर्केण…
[शु-आशु अश्रुते आशु-अश् उरच् पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Uṇ.1.44]
1. A father-in-law, wife'a or husband's father; राजर्त्विक्- स्नातकगुरून् प्रियश्वशुरमातुलान् । अर्हयन्मधुपर्केण परिसंवत्सरात् पुनः ॥ Ms.3.119.
2. A respectable man.
Derived forms and compounds
- -रौ (dual) The father-in-law and mother-in-law.
In the Gita1·26 1·34

तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितॄनथ पितामहान् ।

tatrāpaśyatsthitānpārthaḥ pitÔnatha pitāmahān, — Then saw Partha standing upon opposite sides, uncles and grandsires, teachers, mother’s brothers, cousins, sons and grandsons, comrades… 1·26
- श्वशुरान्‌śvaśurānaccusative plural of the masculine noun śvaśura (father-in-law).
- श्वशूराःśvaśūrāḥnominative plural of the masculine noun śvaśura (father-in-law).
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