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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शूर्śūrI. 4 Ā. To hurt, injure, kill; शुशूरेऽरिशिरः शरैः Śi.19.18. -II. 1 U. (शूरयति-ते)
    1. I. 4 Ā. To hurt, injure, kill; शुशूरेऽरिशिरः शरैः Śi.19.18. -II. 1 Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada) (शूरयति-ते)
    2. To act the hero, be powerful.
    3. To make vigorous extertions; see शुर् also.
  2. शूर्पśūrpaर्पम् [rpam], र्पम् (शॄ-पः ऊश्च नित् Uṇ.3.26) A winnowing-basket; Ms.5.117.

    र्पम् rpam, र्पम् (शॄ-पः ऊश्च नित् Uṇ.3.26) A winnowing-basket; Ms.5.117.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -र्पः A measure of two Droṇas.

    • -कर्णः an elephant.

    • -खारी a kind of measure (Equivalent to 16 द्रोणs).

    • -णखा (for नखा) 'having finger-nails like winnowing-baskets', Name of a sister of Rāvaṇa. [She was attracted by the beauty of Rāma and solicited him to marry her. But he said that as he had already got a wife she had better go to Lakṣmaṇa and try him. But he too rejected her, and back she came to Rāma. This circumstance excited Sītā's laughter, and the revengeful demoness, feeling herself grossly insulted, assumed a hideous form and threatened to eat her up. But Lakṣmaṇa cut off her ears and nose, and thus doubly deformed her; see R.12.32-4.]-वातः wind produced by shaking a winnowing-basket.

    • -श्रुतिः an elephant.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शूर्śūr(also written सूर्) cl.4 A1. (Dha1tup. xxvi, 48) शूर्यते, to hurt, injure, kill (only in pf. शुशूरे, "he cut…

    (also written सूर्) class4 Atmane-pada (Dha1tup. xxvi, 48) शूर्यते, to hurt, injure, kill (only in perfect tense शुशूरे, "he cut off [the head]" S3is3. xix, 108); to be or make firm Dha1tup. ibidem; class10 Atmane-pada to be powerful or valiant (in this sense rather Nominal verb from next) Dha1tup. xxxv, 48.

  2. अध्यर्धशूर्पadhyardhaśūrpamfn. amounting to or worth one and a half s3u1rpa शूर्प .

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective amounting to or worth one and a half s3u1rpa शूर्प .

  3. द्विशूर्पdviśūrpamfn. containing 2 S3u1rpas शूर्प s or winnowing baskets Pa1n2. 5-1, 28 Sch.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective containing 2 S3u1rpas शूर्प s or winnowing baskets Pa1n2. 5-1, 28 Scholiast or Commentator

  4. शातशूर्पśātaśūrpam. (fr. शत-शूर्प) N. of a man Nid.

    masculine gender (from शत-शूर्प) Name of a man Nid.

  5. शूर्णśūrṇamfn. fixed, firm MW.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective fixed, firm MW.

  6. शूर्तśūrtamfn. (√शॄ) scattered, crushed, slain RV. i, 174, 6 (accord. to Naigh. ii, 15 = क्षिप्र).
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (√शॄ) scattered, crushed, slain fg-veda i, 174, 6 (according to to Naigh. ii, 15 Equivalent to क्षिप्र).
    2. see sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order
  7. शूर्पśūrpan. (and m. g. अर्धर्चा*दि; also written सूर्प) a winnowing basket or fan (i.e. a kind of wicker receptacle…
    1. neuter gender (and masculine gender gaRa अर्धर्चा*दि; also written सूर्प) a winnowing basket or fan (id est a kind of wicker receptacle which, when shaken about, serves as a fan for winnowing corn; also personified as a Gandharva गन्धर्व) VS. etc.
    2. neuter gender a measure of 2 Dron2as द्रोण s S3a1rn3gS.
    3. feminine Equivalent to शूर्पणखा (quod vide) Lexicographers

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शूर्पśūrpa[sû́rpa] n. winnowing basket: -karna, a. having ears like winnowing baskets: -pu- ta, a. id.; -nakhâ, f. N.…

    [sû́rpa] neuter winnowing basket: -karna, adjective having ears like winnowing baskets: -pu- ta, adjective the same; -nakhâ, feminine; also equal for noun of a Râkshasî, sister of Râvana; -puta, spout of a winnowing basket; -sruti, masculine (having ears like a win nowing basket), elephant.