शूर्पणखा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শূৰ্পণখা (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬹᬃᬧᬡᬔᬵ (Balinese script)
• শূর্পণখা (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰳𑰨𑰿𑰢𑰜𑰏𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀽𑀭𑁆𑀧𑀡𑀔𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ၐူရ်္ပဏခါ (Burmese script)
• શૂર્પણખા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੂਰ੍ਪਣਖਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌣𑌖𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦹꦂꦥꦟꦑꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂴𑂩𑂹𑂣𑂝𑂎𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಶೂರ್ಪಣಖಾ (Kannada script)
• ឝូប៌ណខា (Khmer script)
• ຨູຣ຺ປຓຂາ (Lao script)
• ശൂര്പണഖാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡠᡠᡵᢒᠠᢏᠠᡘᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘴𑘨𑘿𑘢𑘜𑘏𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠤᠤᠷᢒᠠᢏᠠᠻᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧕𑧈𑧠𑧂𑦼𑦯𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐹𑐬𑑂𑐥𑐞𑐏𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଶୂର୍ପଣଖା (Odia script)
• ꢯꢹꢬ꣄ꢦꢠꢓꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆷𑆫𑇀𑆥𑆟𑆒𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖳𑖨𑖿𑖢𑖜𑖏𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ශූර්‍පණඛා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩰𑩪𑩝𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚱𑚤𑚶𑚞𑚘𑚋𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஶூர்பணக²ா (Tamil script)
• శూర్పణఖా (Telugu script)
• ศูรฺปณขา (Thai script)
• ཤཱུ་རྤ་ཎ་ཁཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒴𑒩𑓂𑒣𑒝𑒐𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨞𑨘𑨌𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Tatpuruṣa compound of शूर्प (śūrpa) +‎ नख (nakha), literally “whose nails are like wallowing fans”

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕuːɾ.pɐ.ɳɐ.kʰɑː/

Proper noun

शूर्पणखा • (śūrpaṇakhā) stem, f

1. (Hinduism) Name of the sister of Ravana in Ramayana.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शूर्पणखा (śūrpaṇakhā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शूर्पणखा śūrpaṇakhā	शूर्पणखे śūrpaṇakhe	शूर्पणखाः śūrpaṇakhāḥ
Vocative	शूर्पणखे śūrpaṇakhe	शूर्पणखे śūrpaṇakhe	शूर्पणखाः śūrpaṇakhāḥ
Accusative	शूर्पणखाम् śūrpaṇakhām	शूर्पणखे śūrpaṇakhe	शूर्पणखाः śūrpaṇakhāḥ
Instrumental	शूर्पणखया śūrpaṇakhayā	शूर्पणखाभ्याम् śūrpaṇakhābhyām	शूर्पणखाभिः śūrpaṇakhābhiḥ
Dative	शूर्पणखायै śūrpaṇakhāyai	शूर्पणखाभ्याम् śūrpaṇakhābhyām	शूर्पणखाभ्यः śūrpaṇakhābhyaḥ
Ablative	शूर्पणखायाः śūrpaṇakhāyāḥ	शूर्पणखाभ्याम् śūrpaṇakhābhyām	शूर्पणखाभ्यः śūrpaṇakhābhyaḥ
Genitive	शूर्पणखायाः śūrpaṇakhāyāḥ	शूर्पणखयोः śūrpaṇakhayoḥ	शूर्पणखानाम् śūrpaṇakhānām
Locative	शूर्पणखायाम् śūrpaṇakhāyām	शूर्पणखयोः śūrpaṇakhayoḥ	शूर्पणखासु śūrpaṇakhāsu

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शूर्पणखा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1086.