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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

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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श्वशुरकśvaśurakaA father-in-law.

A father-in-law.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

श्वशुरśvaśura[svá-sura] m. [by assimilation for original sva-sura] father-in-law: du. & pl. parents-in-law (pl. sts. for…

[svá-sura] masculine [by assimilation for original sva-sura] father-in-law: dual and plural parents-in-law (plural sts. for singular): -ka, masculine dear or poor father-in-law.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

श्वशुरśvaśuram. (prob. for orig. स्वशुर; cf. below) a father-in-law, husband's or wife's father (in the oldest language…
1. masculine gender (probably for originally स्वशुर; confer, compare below) a father-in-law, husband's or wife's father (in the oldest language commonly the former, in the Su1tras सूत्र s the latter, in Classical lang language both meanings; also applied to a maternal uncle and to any venerable person) fg-veda etc.
2. masculine gender dual number (confer, compare Pa1n2. 1-2, 72) a father and mother-in-law Ya1jn5. Katha1s. (also plural exempli gratia, 'for example' fg-veda x, 95, 12 AV. xiv, 2, 27 etc.)
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कुमारीश्वशुरkumārīśvaśuram. the father-in-law of a maiden, g. स्थूला*दि .

masculine gender the father-in-law of a maiden, gaRa स्थूला*दि .

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कुमारीश्वशुरकkumārīśvaśurakamfn. fr. ˚शुर ib.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective from that the rest of a word is to be suppliedशुर ibidem

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शंकरश्वशुरśaṃkaraśvaśuram. "S3iva शिव 's father-in-law", N. of the mountain Hima-vat हिम-वत् R.

masculine gender "S3iva शिव 's father-in-law", Name of the mountain Hima-vat हिम-वत् R.

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श्वशुरकśvaśurakam. a dear or poor father-in-law Pan5cat. Vet.

masculine gender a dear or poor father-in-law Pan5cat. Vet.

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श्वशुरीśvaśurīf. (prob. ई) = ब्राह्मी L.
1. feminine (probably ई) Equivalent to ब्राह्मी Lexicographers
2. feminine for श्वश्र्/ऊ see below. [confer, compare Greek ἑκυρός; Latin socer; Lithuanian sze4szuras; Slavonic or Slavonian svekru8; Gothic swaihra; Anglo-Saxon sweo4r; German swe0her, Schwa0her .]
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श्वशुरीयśvaśurīyamf(आ)n. relating or belonging to a father-in-law A1s3vS3r.

mf(आ)neuter gender relating or belonging to a father-in-law A1s3vS3r.

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